Source tracking faecal contamination in an urbanised and a rural waterway in the Nelson-Tasman region, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-58

  Kirs, M ^a   Harwood, V J ^b   Fidler, A E ^a   Gillespie, P A ^a   Fyfe, W R ^a   Blackwood, A D ^c   Cornelisen, C D ^a  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroidales; Bacteroides; E. coli; faecal contamination; faecal indicator bacteria; microbial source tracking; Polyomavirus; water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CATCHMENT; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL PELLET; HEALTH RISK; HOST SPECIFICITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PASTURE; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; STORMWATER; TRACKING; URBAN TRANSPORT; VIRUS; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERWAY TRANSPORT;

MOTUEKA; NELSON; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN;

EID: 80052308847     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2010.535494     Document Type: Article

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