Rapid method demonstration project at four New Jersey marine beaches using real time quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 51-63

  Ferretti, James A ^a   Tran, Hiep V ^a   Peterson, Sarah J ^a   Loftin, Virginia ^b  

^a USEPA Region 2   (United States)

^b NJDEP Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach Monitoring; Enterococcus; Membrane filtration; Pathogens; Qpcr

Indexed keywords

BEACH MONITORING; BEACH WATER QUALITIES; DEMONSTRATION PROJECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; QPCR; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE COLLECTION;

BEACHES; MICROFILTRATION; PATHOGENS; WATER QUALITY;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIUM; BATHING WATER; BEACH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEMBRANE; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MEMBRANE FILTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASHORE; SUMMER; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BATHING BEACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEW JERSEY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 84878655848     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.03.038     Document Type: Article

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