Matthew Roca

Proliferation of enterococci in sargassum can contribute towards sand and water quality impairment

Abstract The fecal indicator bacteria (FIB), enterococci, are used to evaluate the safety of beach waters and beach sands. The increasing quantities of the holopelagic macroalgae Sargassum fluitans and Sargassum natans (referring to herein as “sargassum”) along beaches that face...