title: A simple bacterial index for relative water quality: preliminary application in the Orbetello lagoon (Tuscany, Italy).
abstract: A simplified fingerprint, elaborated upon heterotrophic bacterial charge and conventional faecal coliforms (FCs) was used to measure the relative quality of the waters in the western basin of the Orbetello lagoon (Tuscany, Italy). Different bacteriological parameters were combined, after standardisation, obtaining "iso-quality" lines. The-final image of the lagoon exhibits different pollution levels, with a relative minimum in the central area.
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Biologia Ambientale--Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale della Toscana (ARPAT), Grosseto, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nocciolini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spadafina
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Vacri
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bacci
mesh_terms: D004755:Enterobacteriaceae; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D011786:Quality Control; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014873:Water Pollutants