Distribution and potential significance of a gull fecal marker in urban coastal and riverine areas of southern Ontario, Canada

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3960-3968

  Lu, Jingrang ^a   Ryu, Hodon ^a   Hill, Stephen ^b   Schoen, Mary ^a   Ashbolt, Nicholas ^a   Edge, Thomas A ^b   Domingo, Jorge Santo ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fecal contamination; Gull targeted fecal assay; Lake Ontario; Microbial source tracking

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CONTAMINATION; LAKES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER;

FECAL CONTAMINATION; FECAL INDICATORS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; LAKE ONTARIO; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; ONTARIO , CANADA; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

EFFLUENTS;

STORM WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; BIRD; COASTAL WATER; FECAL PELLET; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POREWATER; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CANADA; EFFLUENT; FECES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SAND; SEASHORE; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; ONTARIO [CANADA];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79959361849     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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