| investigating the decay rates of escherichia coli relative to vibrio parahemolyticus and salmonella typhi in tropical coastal waters. | using the size fractionation method, we measured the decay rates of escherichia coli, salmonella typhi and vibrio parahaemolyticus in the coastal waters of peninsular malaysia. the size fractions were total or unfiltered, <250 μm, <20 μm, <2 μm, <0.7 μm, <0.2 μm and <0.02 μm. we also carried out abiotic (inorganic nutrients) and biotic (bacterial abundance, production and protistan bacterivory) measurements at port dickson, klang and kuantan. klang had highest nutrient concentrations whereas bot ... | 2010 | 21146847 |