title: [Chemical parameters in coastal waters in correlation with microbiological parameters (author's transl)].
abstract: Nearly 4600 samples of coastal water from the Baltic Sea were characterized by microbiological parameters as well as by pH, ammonium, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, and oxidizability by permanganate. Correlation of E. coli with chemical parameters varies strongly according to parameter, region, and season. Sanitary assessments can only be based on microbiological findings.--As regards eutrophication, we should expect special and more comprehensive chemical test programmes to give us substantial knowledge, whereas chemical tests after the EC guidelines for bathing waters along the Baltic Sea coast would mean considerable work and costs without getting any new results.
mesh_terms: D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005068:Eutrophication; D005860:Germany, West; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009566:Nitrates / Q000032:analysis; D009573:Nitrites / Q000032:analysis; D010710:Phosphates / Q000032:analysis; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D012621:Seasons; D012623:Seawater / Q000032:analysis*; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D009566:Nitrates; D009573:Nitrites; D010710:Phosphates; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
vernacular_title: Chemische Parameter in Küstengewässern in Korrelation zu mikrobiologischen Parametern.