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The distribution of micro-organisms entering a bunded lagoon in Rutland Water from a sewage effluent outflow was assayed. The majority of micro-organisms were found to settle out in the immediate vicinity of the effluent outflow. In this area micro-organisms, especially spore formers, were present in numbers exceeding 1 × 106 organisms per gram of sediment. The lagoon lies within a nature reserve and a reduction in the reservoir water level could lead to contact between shore feeding waterfowl and pathogenic microorganisms in the freshly exposed sediment.
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Holah, J.T., McIver, J.D. (1982). The distribution of micro-organisms through a bunded lagoon in Rutland Water. In: Harper, D.M., Bullock, J.A. (eds) Rutland Water — Decade of Change. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8006-8_31
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