Escherichia coli efflux from rangeland ecosystems in the southcentral Great Plains of the United States
Austin J. Phillippe,
Kevin L. Wagner,
Rodney E. Will
et al.
Abstract:Bacterial contamination of surface water is a public health concern. To quantify the efflux of Escherichia coli into ephemeral and intermittent streams and assess its numbers in relation to secondary body contact standards, we monitored runoff and measured E. coli numbers from 10 experimental watersheds that differed in vegetation cover and cattle access in north‐central Oklahoma. Escherichia coli numbers were not significantly different among the watersheds, with one exception; the grazed prairie watershed (G… Show more
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