Evaluation of microbiological water quality in the Pettaquamscutt River (Rhode Island, USA) using chemical, molecular and culture-dependent methods

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1577-1583

  Atoyan, Janet A ^a   Herron, Elizabeth M ^a   Amador, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium adolescentis; Fecal indicator bacteria; Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island; Optical brighteners; Pettaquamscutt River

Indexed keywords

BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BRIGHTENERS; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; PETTAQUAMSCUTT RIVER; RHODE ISLAND;

BACTERIOLOGY; COLIFORM BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; FLUORESCENCE; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; SOAPS (DETERGENTS); WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL DNA;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECAL COLIFORM; NONHUMAN; RIVER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RHODE ISLAND; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

NARRAGANSETT BAY; PETTAQUAMSCUTT ESTUARY; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS;

EID: 79959346321     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.04.032     Document Type: Article

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