Seaweeds and plastic debris can influence the survival of faecal indicator organisms in beach environments

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 201-207

  Quilliam, Richard S ^a   Jamieson, Julie ^a   Oliver, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beach grooming; FIO; Revised Bathing Water Directive (rBWD); Waterborne pathogens; Wrack

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER QUALITY;

BATHING WATER DIRECTIVES; BATHING WATER PROFILES; FAECAL INDICATOR ORGANISMS; FIO; MICROBIAL WATER QUALITY; STRINGENT STANDARDS; WATER-BORNE PATHOGENS; WRACK;

SEAWEED;

PLASTIC; WATER;

BATHING WATER; BEACH; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PATHOGEN; PLASTIC WASTE; SEAWEED; SURVIVAL; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOCHTHONOUS BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOMASS; CHONDRUS; CHONDRUS CRISPUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL INDICATOR ORGANISM; FECES; FUCUS; FUCUS SPIRALIS; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIUM; INTERTIDAL ZONE; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA SACCHARINA; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROCOSM; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; SAND; SEASHORE; SEAWEED; SENESCENCE; ULVA; VIBRIO; WATER QUALITY;

BEACH GROOMING; FIO; REVISED BATHING WATER DIRECTIVE (RBWD); WATERBORNE PATHOGENS; WRACK;

BATHING BEACHES; FECES; HUMANS; PHAEOPHYTA; PLASTICS; SEAWEED; SILICON DIOXIDE; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84903618545     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.05.011     Document Type: Article

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