title: Parabolic stationing method application to intertidal shellfish (Sinonovacula constricta) and growing waters microbiological monitoring in Yueqing Bay, China.
abstract: This study reported microbiological monitoring by parabolic stationing method for S. constricta and their growing waters, and application for the first time in Yueqing Bay, China. The results indicated that numbers of Escherichia coli and aerobic colony count in S. constricta flesh showed an approximate 'parabola' distribution across the whole shellfish bed. Numbers of faecal coliform in seawater samples were significantly higher in the top of the bay, and lower in the lower half of the bay, whilst higher located in the edge of the bay than the center in contrast to three sampling sites on the same latitude. Numbers of total bacterial count were not significantly correlated with faecal coliform in seawater samples. Finally, the shellfish production areas were classified based on three batches of E. coli monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Marine Fishery Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang, Zhoushan 316021, China; Key Research Station for Fisheries Resources of Main Fishing Ground Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang, Zhoushan 316021, China; Key Laboratory of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fishery Resource of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang, Zhoushan, 316021, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Beijing 100039, China.
authors.forename: Huan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Marine Fishery Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang, Zhoushan 316021, China; Key Research Station for Fisheries Resources of Main Fishing Ground Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang, Zhoushan 316021, China; Key Laboratory of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fishery Resource of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang, Zhoushan, 316021, China.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Marine Fishery Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang, Zhoushan 316021, China; Key Research Station for Fisheries Resources of Main Fishing Ground Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang, Zhoushan 316021, China; Key Laboratory of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fishery Resource of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang, Zhoushan, 316021, China. Electronic address: 421689851@qq.com.
authors.forename: Beiqiao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D061006:Bays; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002681:China; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D014873:Water Pollutants
keywords: Classification; Microbiological monitoring; Parabolic stationing method; S. constricta; Seawater