Sources and persistence of fecal indicator bacteria and

Kathryn B Mika, Karina A Chavarria, Greg Imamura, Chay Tang, Robert Torres, Jennifer A Jay

Abstract read

In one paragraph

Article in Water, air, and soil pollution, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

1citing papers in PubMed

–field-weighted citation impact

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

Sand Quality on Portuguese Blue Flagged Beaches: Fungal and Faecal Contamination Across Two Bathing Seasons.Microorganisms · 2026
Article

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kathryn B MikaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095.

Karina A ChavarriaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095.

Greg ImamuraDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095.

Chay TangDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095.

Robert TorresDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095.

Jennifer A JayDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095.

Funding

UCLA MSD ProgramR25GM055052 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI BARBER, PAUL HENRY, HASSON, TAMA W. · 1996 to 2021

$9.2M

NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM055052

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated causes of persistent fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) in beach sand under the pier in Santa Monica, CA. FIB levels were up to 1,000 times higher in sand underneath the pier than that collected from adjacent to the pier, with the highest concentrations under the pier in spring and fall.

Indexed as

culture-based detectionFecal Indicator BacteriaGeneral Bacteroidalesmicrobial source trackingmoisture contentqPCRsand

Identifiers

PMID30853729

DOI10.1007/s11270-017-3291-y

PMCPMC6404519

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