Seasonal and spatio-temporal distribution of faecal-indicator bacteria in Tyume River in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6579-6590

  Sibanda, Timothy ^a   Chigor, Vincent N ^a   Okoh, Anthony I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Faecal coliforms; Pollution; Public health; Total coliforms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY; ENTEROCOCCI; FAECAL COLIFORMS; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TOTAL COLIFORMS;

MICROFILTRATION; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS;

RIVERS;

FRESH WATER; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

BIOINDICATOR; FECAL COLIFORM; FILTRATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER POLLUTION; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES ANALYSIS; INDICATOR ORGANISM; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPRING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; RIVERS; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84879885748     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-3048-4     Document Type: Article

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