Published Papers

A selection of publications about faecal source tracking.

Review Articles

Brent Gilpin, Lester Sinton and Meg Devane PDF 770KB
Where is it coming from? Faecal source tracking - the current state of play
NZWWA Journal, March 2008, pages 48-52.

Sinton, L.W., Finlay, R.K., Hannah, D.J.
Distinguishing human from animal faecal contamination in water: a review.
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 1998. 32, 323-348.

Santo Domingo, J.W., Bambic, D.G., Edge, T.A., Wuertz, S.
Quo vadis source tracking? Towards a strategic framework for environmental monitoring of fecal pollution.
Water Research. 2007. 41, 3539-3552.

Field, K.G., Samadpour, M.
Fecal source tracking, the indicator paradigm, and managing water quality.
Water Research. 2007. 41, 3517-3538.

Chemical Methods

Devane, M., Saunders, D., Gilpin, B. PDF 292KB
Faecal Sterols and Fluorescent Whiteners as indicator of the source of faecal contamination.
Chemistry in New Zealand. 2006. 70, 74-77.

Gilpin, B., James, T., Nourozi, F., Saunders, D., Scholes, P., Savill, M.
The use of chemical and molecular microbial indicators for faecal source identification.
Water Sci. Technol. 2003. 47, 39-43.

Gilpin, B.J., Gregor, J.E., Savill, M.G.
Identification of the source of faecal pollution in contaminated rivers.
Water Sci. Technol. 2002. 46, 9-15.

Gregor, J., Garrett, N., Gilpin, B., Randall, C., Saunders, D.
Use of classification and regression tree (CART) analysis with chemical faecal indicators to determine sources of contamination.
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 2002. 36, 387-398.

Grimault, J.O., Fernandez, P., Bayona, J.M., Albaiges, J.
Assessment of faecal sterols and ketones as indicators of urban sewage inputs to coastal waters.
Enviromental Science and Technology. 1990. 24, 357-363.

Isobe, K.O., Tarao, M., Zakaria, M.P., Chiem, N.H., Minh le, Y., Takada, H.
Quantitative application of fecal sterols using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to investigate fecal pollution in tropical waters: western Malaysia and Mekong Delta, Vietnam.
Enviromental Science and Technology. 2002. 36, 4497-4507.

Leeming, R., Ball, A., Ashbolt, N., Nichols, P.
Using faecal sterols from humans and animals to distinguish faecal pollution in receiving waters.
Water Research. 1996. 30, 2893-2900.

Leeming, R., Bate, N., Hewlett, R., Nichols, P.D.,
Discriminating faecal pollution: A case study of stormwater entering Port Phillip Bay, Australia.
Water Science and Technology. 1998. 38, 15-22.

Managaki, S., Takada, H., Kim, D.-M., Horiguchi, T., Shiraishi, H.
Three-dimensional distributions of sewage markers in Tokyo Bay water--fluorescent whitening agents (FWAs).
Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2006. 52, 281.

Nash, D., Leeming, R., Clemow, L., Hannah, M., Halliwell, D., Allen, D.
Quantitative determination of sterols and other alcohols in overland flow from grazing land and possible source materials.
Water Research. 2005. 39, 2964-2978.

Reeves, A.D., Patton, D.
Measuring change in sterol input to estuarine sediments.
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth,Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere. 2001. 26, 753.

Shah, V.G., Dunstan, R.H., Geary, P.M., Coombes, P., Roberts, T.K., Rothkirch, T.
Comparisons of water quality parameters from diverse catchments during dry periods and following rain events.
Water Research. 2007. 41, 3655-3666.

Shah, V.G., Dunstan, R.H., Geary, P.M., Coombes, P., Roberts, T.K., Von Nagy-Felsobuki, E.
Evaluating potential applications of faecal sterols in distinguishing sources of faecal contamination from mixed faecal samples.
Water Research. 2007. 41, 3691-3700.

PCR Methods

Devane, M.L., Robson, B., Nourozi, F., Scholes, P., Gilpin, B.J.
A PCR marker for detection in surface waters of faecal pollution derived from ducks.
Water Research. 2007. 41, 3553-3560

Dick, L.K., Bernhard, A.E., Brodeur, T.J., Santo Domingo, J.W., Simpson, J.M., Walters, S.P., Field, K.G.
Host Distributions of Uncultivated Fecal Bacteroidales Bacteria Reveal Genetic Markers for Fecal Source Identification.
Applied & Environmental Microbiology. 2005. 71, 3184-3191.

Dick, L.K., Field, K.G.
Rapid Estimation of Numbers of Fecal Bacteroidetes by Use of a Quantitative PCR Assay for 16S rRNA Genes.
Applied & Environmental Microbiology. 2004. 70, 5695-5697.

Dick, L.K., Simonich, M.T., Field, K.G.
Microplate Subtractive Hybridization To Enrich for Bacteroidales Genetic Markers for Fecal Source Identification.
Applied & Environmental Microbiology. 2005. 71, 3179-3183.

Field, K.G., Bernhard, A.E., Brodeur, T.J.
Molecular approaches to microbiological monitoring: fecal source detection.
Environ Monit Assess. 2003. 81, 313-326.

Field, K.G., Chern, E.C., Dick, L.K., Fuhrman, J., Griffith, J., Holden, P.A., LaMontagne, M.G., Olson, B., Simonich, M.T.
A comparative study of culture-independent, library-independent genotypic methods of fecal source tracking.
Journal of Water and Health. 2003. 1, 181-194.

Griffith, J.F., Weisberg, S.B., McGee, C.D.
Evaluation of microbial source tracking methods using mixed fecal sources in aqueous test samples.
Journal of Water and Health. 2003. 1, 141-151.

Kildare, B.J., Leutenegger, C.M., McSwain, B.S., Bambic, D.G., Rajal, V.B., Wuertz, S.
16S rRNA-based assays for quantitative detection of universal, human-, cow-, and dog-specific fecal Bacteroidales: a Bayesian approach.
Water Research. 2007. 41, 3701-3715.

Library Methods

Elaine Moriarty, Fariba Nourozi, Beth Robson, David Wood, and Brent Gilpin.
Evidence for Growth of Enterococci in Municipal Oxidation Ponds, Obtained Using Antibiotic Resistance Analysis.
Applied & Environmental Microbiology. 2008. 74, 7204-7210.

Hagedorn, C., Crozier, J.B., Mentz, K.A., Booth, A.M., Graves, A.K., Nelson, N.J., Reneau, R.B.
Carbon source utilization profiles as a method to identify sources of faecal pollution in water.
Journal of Applied Microbiology. 2003. 94, 792-799.

Harwood, V.J., Wiggins, B., Hagedorn, C., D., R., Gooch, J., Kern, J., Samadpour, M., Chapman, A.C.H., B.J., R., Thompson, B.C.
Phenotypic library-based microbial source tracking methods: Efficacy in the California collaborative study.
Journal of Water & Health. 2003. 1, 153-166.

Johnson, L.K., Brown, M.B., Carruthers, E.A., Ferguson, J.A., Dombek, P.E., Sadowsky, M.J.
Sample Size, Library Composition, and Genotypic Diversity among Natural Populations of Escherichia coli from Different Animals Influence Accuracy of Determining Sources of Fecal Pollution.
Applied & Environmental Microbiology. 2004. 70, 4478-4485.

Kaneene, J.B., Miller, R., Sayah, R., Johnson, Y.J., Gilliland, D., Gardiner, J.C.
Considerations when using discriminant function analysis of antimicrobial resistance profiles to identify sources of fecal contamination of surface water in Michigan.
Applied & Environmental Microbiology. 2007. 73, 2878-2890

Moore, D.F., Harwood, V.J., Ferguson, D.M., Lukasik, J., Hannah, P., Getrich, M., Brownell, M.
Evaluation of antibiotic resistance analysis and ribotyping for identification of faecal pollution sources in an urban watershed.
Journal of Applied Microbiology. 2005. 99, 618-628.

Robinson, B.J., Ritter, K.J., Ellender, R.D.
A statistical appraisal of disproportional versus proportional microbial source tracking libraries.
Journal of Water & Health. 2007. 5, 503-509

Whitlock, J.E., Jones, D.T., Harwood, V.J.
Identification of the sources of fecal coliforms in an urban watershed using antibiotic resistance analysis.
Water Research. 2002. 36, 4273-4282.

Wiggins, B.A., Cash, P.W., Creamer, W.S., Dart, S.E., Garcia, P.P., Gerecke, T.M., Han, J., Henry, B.L., Hoover, K.B., Johnson, E.L., Jones, K.C., McCarthy, J.G., McDonough, J.A., Mercer, S.A., Noto, M.J., Park, H., Phillips, M.S., Purner, S.M., Smith, B.M., Stevens, E.N., Varner, A.K.
Use of antibiotic resistance analysis for representativeness testing of multiwatershed libraries.
Applied & Environmental Microbiology. 2003. 69, 3399-3405.

Other Methods

Ebdon, J., Muniesa, M., Taylor, H.
The application of a recently isolated strain of Bacteroides (GB-124) to identify human sources of faecal pollution in a temperate river catchment.
Water Research. 2007. 41, 3683-3690.

Payan, A., Ebdon, J., Taylor, H., Gantzer, C., Ottoson, J., , Papageorgiou, G.T., Blanch, A.R., Lucena, F., Jofre, J., Muniesa, M.
Method for isolation of Bacteroides bacteriophage host strains suitable for tracking sources of fecal pollution in water.
Applied & Environmental Microbiology. 2005. 71, 5659-5662.