Bacteriological water quality along the Tijuana–Ensenada, Baja California, México shoreline
| Autor: | Roxana Rico-Mora, Molly K. Leecaster, Stephen B. Weisberg, John H. Dorsey, Rachel T. Noble, Charles D. McGee, Ma. Victoria Orozco-Borbón |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Salinity
Industrial Waste Indicator bacteria Aquatic Science Oceanography Bathing Beaches Feces fluids and secretions Enterobacteriaceae medicine Seawater Water pollution Mexico Shore Hydrology geography geography.geographical_feature_category Sewage Outfall Temperature Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Seasonality medicine.disease Pollution Fecal coliform Wastewater Environmental science Seasons Water quality Water Microbiology Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Marine Pollution Bulletin. 52:1190-1196 |
| ISSN: | 0025-326X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.02.005 |
| Popis: | This survey was part of a Binational Program (Mexico-United States) in microbiological water quality, with a goal to assess the shoreline bacteriological water quality from Tijuana to Ensenada, Mexico. Samples were collected at 29 sites (19 beaches and 10 outfalls), from the United States border to Punta Banda, Baja California, during summer (1998) and winter (1999). Total coliforms, fecal coliforms and enterococci were used as bacterial indicators. Standard methods were used for total and fecal coliforms, while the Enterolert quick method (IDEXX) was used for the enterococci. Compared with outfalls, the beaches exceeded water quality standards by a small percent, 25.3% in summer and 17% in winter. For outfalls, the percentage of shoreline that exceeded bacterial indicator thresholds had a minor value in summer (32.7%) than in winter (50%). Sites near wastewater discharges had the lowest quality and did not meet the microbiological water quality criteria for recreational use. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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