Characterization of sources and loadings of fecal pollutants using microbial source tracking assays in urban and rural areas of the Grand River Watershed, Southwestern Ontario

Water Research

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-131

  Lee, Dae Young ^a   Lee, Hung ^a   Trevors, Jack T ^a   Weir, Susan C ^b   Thomas, Janis L ^b   Habash, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteroidales; Fecal contamination; Fecal indicator bacteria; Microbial source tracking; Precipitation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INFORMATION USE; MAMMALS; RAIN; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

BACTEROIDALE; FAECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FECAL CONTAMINATION; GENETIC MARKERS; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; ONTARIO; RAIN EVENTS; RIVER WATERSHEDS; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT;

LAND USE;

RAIN; RIVER WATER; RNA 16S;

ASSAY; CATTLE; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; GENETIC MARKER; LAND USE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WASTE FACILITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDALES; CANADA; CATCHMENT; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENETIC MARKER; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BACTEROIDETES; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FECES CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MICROBIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; GRAND BASIN; ONTARIO [CANADA];

BACTEROIDALES; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; PRECIPITATION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACTEROIDETES; CATTLE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; HUMANS; ONTARIO; RAIN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84893469115     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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