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Particle Association Of Enterococcus And Total Bacteria In The Lower Hudson River Estuary, Usa, Elizabeth A. Suter, Andrew R. Juhl, Gegory D. O'Mullan
Particle Association Of Enterococcus And Total Bacteria In The Lower Hudson River Estuary, Usa, Elizabeth A. Suter, Andrew R. Juhl, Gegory D. O'Mullan
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Bacterial particle association has important consequences for water-quality monitoring and modeling. Parti-cle association can change vertical and horizontal transport of bacterial cells, as well as patterns of persis-tence and production. In this study, the abundance and particle association of total bacteria and the fe-cal-indicator, Enterococcus, were quantified between June and October 2008 in the lower Hudson River Es-tuary (HRE). Twelve sites were sampled, including mid-channel, near shore, and tributary habitats, plus a sewage outfall. Total bacterial cell counts averaged 9.2 × 109 ± 6.4 × 109 cell·l–1 (1 standard deviation), com-parable to previous sampling in the HRE. Unlike earlier studies, …