Comparison of the occurrence and survival of fecal indicator bacteria in recreational sand between urban beach, playground and sandbox settings in Toronto, Ontario

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 541, Issue , 2016, Pages 520-527

  Staley, Zachery R ^a,b   Robinson, Clare ^a   Edge, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beach sand; Fecal indicator bacteria; Microbial source tracking; Microcosm; Recreational sand; Survival

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BEACHES; CONTAMINATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BEACH SAND; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MICROCOSM; SURVIVAL;

SAND;

AGAR; FRESH WATER;

BACTERIUM; BEACH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANADA; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DNA MARKER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; GRAIN; HUMAN; INOCULATION; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PLAYGROUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATIONAL SAND; RESERVOIR; SAND; SANDBOX; SEASHORE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; URBAN BEACH; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; ONTARIO; RECREATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWIMMING;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIA; BATHING BEACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FRESH WATER; ONTARIO; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RECREATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84942760724     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.088     Document Type: Article

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