Journal article
Quo vadis source tracking? Towards a strategic framework for environmental monitoring of fecal pollution
Abstract
Advances in microbial source tracking (MST) have largely been driven by the need to comply with water quality standards based on traditional indicator bacteria. Recently, a number of culture-independent, and library-independent methods based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have been gaining popularity among source trackers. However, only a limited number of these methods have been successfully used in field applications, primarily due to the …
Authors
Domingo JWS; Bambic DG; Edge TA; Wuertz S
Journal
Water Research, Vol. 41, No. 16, pp. 3539–3552
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
8 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.watres.2007.06.001
ISSN
0043-1354