Motueka River plume facilitates transport of ruminant faecal contaminants into shellfish growing waters, Tasman Bay, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 477-495

  Cornelisen, C D ^a   Gillespie, P A ^a   Kirs, M ^a   Young, R G ^a   Forrest, R W ^a   Barter, P J ^a   Knight, B R ^a   Harwood, V J ^b  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

faecal indicator bacteria; integrated catchment management; microbial source tracking; river plume; shellfish contamination

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; BIOMARKER; BIVALVE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; HYDROGRAPHY; LAND USE; MARINE POLLUTION; PEAK FLOW; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER PLUME; RUMINANT; SAMPLING; SHELLFISH; WATER QUALITY;

MOTUEKA RIVER; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN; TASMAN BAY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 80052320075     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2011.587822     Document Type: Article

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