Survival of Fecal Coliform in Lakes

[Charles N. Haas]

In article <35t9pq$drj at newsbf01.news.aol.com>, runnerdes at aol.com
(Runnerdes) wrote:

> I wonder if anyone has any references on survival of fecal coliforms and
> other human/animal bacteria and viruses in lakes.  Is there a temperature
> cut-off below which these criters can't make it?  If so, is it dependent
> on species or is it a more general temperature requirement?
> 
For two recent references, see:

Auer, M. T. and Niehaus, S. L. (1993). ³Modeling Fecal Coliform Bacteria -
I. Field and Laboratory Determination of Loss Kinetics.² Water Res. 27(4):
693-701.

Canale, R. P., Auer, M. T., Owens, E. M., Heidtke, T. M. and Effler, S. W.
(1993). ³Modeling Fecal Coliform Bacteria - II. Model Development and
Application.² Water Res. 27(4): 703-714.

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