Occurrence of traditional and alternative fecal indicators in tropical urban environments under different land use patterns

• Main Authors: Saeidi, Nazanin, Gu, Xiaoqiong, Tran, Ngoc Han, Goh, Shin Giek, Kitajima, Masaaki, Kushmaro, Ariel, Schmitz, Bradley William, Gin, Karina Yew-Hoong
• Other Authors: Elkins, Christopher A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Fecal Indicators; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials; Land Use
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105747; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47410
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study evaluated the geospatial distribution of fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) (i.e., Escherichia coli, Enterococcus spp.) and the alternative fecal indicator pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) in tropical freshwater environments under different land use patterns. Results show that the occurrence...