| detection of spatial fluctuations of non-point source fecal pollution in coral reef surrounding waters in southwestern puerto rico using pcr-based assays. | human fecal contamination of coral reefs is a major cause of concern. conventional methods used to monitor microbial water quality cannot be used to discriminate between different fecal pollution sources. fecal coliforms, enterococci, and human-specific bacteroides (hf183, hf134), general bacteroides-prevotella (gb32), and clostridium coccoides group (cp) 16s rdna pcr assays were used to test for the presence of non-point source fecal contamination across the southwestern puerto rico shelf. insh ... | 2009 | 18952244 |