Bacterial data of the Port of Arrecife (Canary Islands)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Country | Spain  |
| Time period | From 1 to 20 December 1976 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Arrecife (Canary Islands) |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Bacteria generic abundance in water bodies |
| Description | |
| Summary | The sanitary condition of the area was determined by the counts of micro-organisms indicating faecal pollution: Choliphorms, Escherichia Coli, Faecal Streptococus. The study was completed with the total number of sulphite-reducing bacteria and anaerobics. Gauze was used to detect pathological micro-organisms: Salmonella, Vibrio, Staphilococus which are directly responsible for enteric diseases. Samples were water and gauze for the most affected areas at 9 points of the port of Arrecife, both at high and low tide. |
| Originators | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Availability | Moratorium |
| Contact | Alvaro Fernandez (Director) |
| Address | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Telephone | +34 91 5974443 |
| Facsimile | +34 915 974770 |
| director@md.ieo.es | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Local identifier | 8036096 |
| Global identifier | 2745 |
| Last revised | 2009-02-10 |
