Microbial water quality in freshwater lakes with different land use

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1240-1250

  Staley, Z R ^a   Chase, E ^a   Mitraki, C ^a   Crisman, T L ^a   Harwood, V J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Enterococci; Land use; Microbial source tracking; Recreational water quality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; LAKES; LAND USE; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CATTLE GRAZING; E. COLI; ENTEROCOCCUS; FAECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FECAL COLIFORM; FRESH WATER LAKES; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MICROBIAL WATER QUALITY; POLYOMAVIRUS; RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

FRESH WATER; PHOSPHATE; RAIN;

BIOMARKER; CATTLE; FECAL COLIFORM; FRESHWATER; GRAZING; HEALTH RISK; LAKE; LAND USE; MINING; PHOSPHATE; RUMINANT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDALES; CATTLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECAL COLIFORM; LAKE; LAKE SEDIMENT; LAND USE; METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII; MINING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; WATER QUALITY;

BACTEROIDALES; BOS; METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII; POLYOMAVIRUS;

E. COLI; ENTEROCOCCI; LAND USE; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CITIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FECES; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; LAKES; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS; RAIN; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84885841125     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12312     Document Type: Article

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