Wrack promotes the persistence of fecal indicator bacteria inmarine sands and seawater

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-49

  Imamura, Gregory J ^a   Thompson, Rachelle S ^b   Boehm, Alexandria B ^b   Jay, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach wrack; Enterococci; Escherichia coli; Persistence

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ALGA; BEACH; FECAL COLIFORM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH RISK; KELP FOREST; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROCOSM; SAND; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KELP; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; KELP; SEAWATER; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79960834719     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01082.x     Document Type: Article

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