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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2018

Microbial Source Tracking Using Quantitative and Digital PCR To Identify Sources of Fecal Contamination in Stormwater, River Water, and Beach Water in a Great Lakes Area of Concern.

Zachery R Staley, Rachel J Boyd, Phoenix Shum, Thomas A Edge

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. An Urban Stormwater Contaminant Signature: Defining Priority Contaminants for Urban Stormwater Research.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2025
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  8. Occurrence, Sources and Virulence Potential ofEnvironmental science & technology · 2024
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  14. Microbial Source Tracking as a Method of Determination of Beach Sand Contamination.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  15. Molecular Diagnostic Tools Applied for Assessing Microbial Water Quality.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Zachery R StaleyEnvironment and Climate Change Canada, Canada Center for Inland Waters, Burlington, ON, Canada zstaley307@gmail.com.
Rachel J BoydEnvironment and Climate Change Canada, Canada Center for Inland Waters, Burlington, ON, Canada.
Phoenix ShumEnvironment and Climate Change Canada, Canada Center for Inland Waters, Burlington, ON, Canada.
Thomas A EdgeEnvironment and Climate Change Canada, Canada Center for Inland Waters, Burlington, ON, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Areas of concern (AOCs) around the Great Lakes are characterized by historic and ongoing problems with microbial water quality, leading to beneficial use impairments (BUIs) such as beach postings and closures. In this study, we assessed river and beach sites within the Rouge River watershed, associated stormwater outfalls, and at Rouge Beach. The concentrations of

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Water MicrobiologyAnimalsBacteriaBathing BeachesCharadriiformesEnvironmental MonitoringEscherichia coliFecesGreat Lakes RegionHumansLakesReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRecreationSewageWater PollutionWater QualitySewagearea of concerndPCREscherichia coliqPCRsource trackingstormwaterwater quality

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PMID30097445
PMCPMC6182909

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