TABLE 2.

Levels of E. coli and incidences of the Canada goose-specific (CGOF1-Bac and CGOF2-Bac), human-specific (BacH), and generic (All-Bac) Bacteroidales 16S rRNA markers at the different Wascana Lake sites sampled weekly^a

Site	E. coli			All-Bac			CGOF1-Bac			CGOF2-Bac			BacH
	No. of positive water samples/total no. of samples analyzed (%)	Min level-max level (MPN 100 ml−1)	Mean level (MPN 100 ml−1)	No. of positive water samples/total no. of samples analyzed (%)	Min level-max level (log copies 100 ml−1)	Mean level (log copies 100 ml−1)	No. of positive water samples/total no. of samples analyzed (%)	Min level-max level (log copies 100 ml−1)	Mean level (log copies 100 ml−1)	No. of positive water samples/total no. of samples analyzed (%)	Min level-max level (log copies 100 ml−1)	Mean level (log copies 100 ml−1)	No. of positive water samples/total no. of samples analyzed	Min level-max level (log copies 100 ml−1)	Mean level (log copies 100 ml−1)
W1	8/8 (100)	6-196	71.1	8/8 (100)	6.2-8.1	6.9	6/8 (75)	0-4.7	2.4	4/8 (50)	0-4	1.7	2/8	0-3.7	1.7
W2	9/10 (90)	0-1,120	194	10/10 (100)	5.8-6.8	6.4	9/10 (90)	0-3.7	2.6	8/10 (80)	0-3.3	2.2	0/10	0	0
W3	10/10 (100)	6-1,550	534	10/10 (100)	6-7.8	7	10/10 (100)	2.9-4.8	3.8	10/10 (100)	2-4.5	3.4	0/10	0	0
W4	10/10 (100)	16-1,732	529	10/10 (100)	6.4-7.6	7	10/10 (100)	3.2-4.6	3.9	10/10 (100)	2.8-4.3	3.4	0/10	0	0
W5	10/10 (100)	2-2,420	687	10/10 (100)	5.5-6.9	6.3	7/10 (70)	0-3.2	1.7	5/10 (50)	0-3.1	1.2	0/10	0	0
W6	10/10 (100)	3-1,990	389	10/10 (100)	5.5-7	6.3	9/10 (90)	0-4.3	2.8	6/10 (60)	0-5.1	2	1/10	0-3.4	1.3
W7	7/7 (100)	5-2,420	445	7/7 (100)	5.7-7.8	7	6/7 (86)	0-3.8	2.6	5/7 (71)	0-4.4	2.4	2/7	0-5.1	2.8
W8	10/10 (100)	17-980	160	10/10 (100)	6.3-8.6	7.1	8/10 (80)	0-4.6	2.8	7/10 (70)	0-4.4	2.3	0/10	0	0

^aMin, minimum; max, maximum.