Temporal and Spatial Distribution Patterns of Potentially Pathogenic Vibrio spp. at Recreational Beaches of the German North Sea

• Published in: Microbial ecology Vol. 65; no. 4; pp. 1052 - 1067
• Main Authors: Böer, Simone I., Heinemeyer, Ernst-August, Luden, Katrin, Erler, René, Gerdts, Gunnar, Janssen, Frank, Brennholt, Nicole
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer Science + Business Media 01.05.2013; Springer-Verlag; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Bacteria; Bathing; Beaches; Benthic environment; benthic zone; Benthos; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; chemistry; classification; Distribution patterns; Ecology; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; Estuaries; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; genetics; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Germany; Health risks; isolation & purification; Life Sciences; linear models; Microbial Ecology; Microbiology; Nature Conservation; North Sea; Northern European region; Recreation; Recreation areas; Regression analysis; Regression models; risk; Rivers; Salinity; Sea water; Seas; Seasonal distribution; Seasons; Seawater; Seawater - chemistry; Seawater - microbiology; Sediment; Sediments; Spatial distribution; Statistical analysis; Summer; Temperature; Vibrio; Vibrio - classification; Vibrio - genetics; Vibrio - isolation & purification; Vibrio alginolyticus; Vibrio cholerae; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Vibrio vulnificus; Water Quality/Water Pollution; Water samples; Water temperature; Wound infection; Atlantic Ocean; North Atlantic; North Sea; Germany; Germany, Ems R; ANE, North Sea; ANE, Europe; ANE, Wadden Sea; Northern European region; Weser Estuary; Vibrio Species; Recreational Beach; Vibrio; Cholerae Strain; Marine environment; Recreational activity; Spatial distribution; Human activity; Pathogenic; Bacteria; Vibrionaceae; Ecology; Beaches; Anthropogenic factor
• ISSN: 0095-3628; 1432-184X; 1432-184X
• DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0221-4

The number of reported Vibrio-related wound infections associated with recreational bathing in Northern Europe has increased within the last decades. In order to study the health risk from potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. in the central Wadden Sea, the seasonal and spatial distribution of Vibrio v...