Journal article
Distribution and potential significance of a gull fecal marker in urban coastal and riverine areas of southern Ontario, Canada
Abstract
To better understand the distribution of gull fecal contamination in urban areas of southern Ontario, we used gull-specific PCR and qPCR assays against 1309 water samples collected from 15 urban coastal and riverine locations during 2007. Approximately, 58% of the water samples tested positive for the gull-assay. Locations observed to have higher numbers of gulls and their fecal droppings had a higher frequency of occurrence of the gull marker …
Authors
Lu J; Ryu H; Hill S; Schoen M; Ashbolt N; Edge TA; Domingo JS
Journal
Water Research, Vol. 45, No. 13, pp. 3960–3968
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
July 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.watres.2011.05.003
ISSN
0043-1354