Sewage contamination of a densely populated coral 'atoll' (Bermuda)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 179, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 309-324

  Jones, Ross ^a,b   Parsons, Rachel ^b   Watkinson, Elaine ^c   Kendell, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^c Department of Health   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

Bacteroides; Bermuda; Coprostanol; Coral; Reef; Sewage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOMARKERS; BACTEROIDES; BERMUDA; COPROSTANOL; CORAL; EU BATHING WATER DIRECTIVE; FAECAL CONTAMINATION; MARINE OUTFALLS; MICROBIAL WATER QUALITY; RAW SEWAGE; SEWAGE CONTAMINATION; SEWAGE OUTFALL; SEWERAGE SYSTEM; STATISTICAL CORRELATION; SURFACE SEAWATER; TIDAL SEDIMENTS; WESTERN SIDE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); OUTFALLS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

CONTAMINATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COPROSTEROL;

ATOLL; BIOMARKER; FECAL COLIFORM; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BERMUDA; CONTAMINATION; CORAL REEF; ENTEROCOCCUS; MICROBIAL WATER POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEPTIC TANK; SEWAGE CONTAMINATION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

BACTEROIDES; BERMUDA; CHOLESTANES; CORAL REEFS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES;

EID: 79960415847     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1738-3     Document Type: Article

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