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In the summer of 1980, 78 sediment samples were collected in the gulf of Naples. Samples were analyzed for total and fecal coliforms, fecal streptococci, sulfite reducer clostridia and total plate count. Over almost all of the area surveyed fecal pollution was widespread, but different indicators exhibited different distribution patterns. The presence of fecal streptococci was found prevalent with the respect to that of fecal coliforms.
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Izzo, G., Tosti, E. & Volterra, L. Fecal contamination of marine sediments in a stretch of the Gulf of Naples. Water Air Soil Pollut 20, 191–198 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00279629
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00279629