TABLE 2.
Total and fecal coliforms from individual terrapins sampled in 1998
| Turtle no. | Total coliforms
|
Fecal coliforms
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swaba | Fecesb | Swab | Feces | |
| 322 | 918 | >3.2 × 105 | 918 | >3.2 × 105 |
| 8 | 4.5 | >3.2 × 105 | 4.5 | 3.2 × 105 |
| 79 | 7.8 | >3.2 × 105 | 0 | 0 |
| 214 | 0 | 7.3 × 102 | 0 | 7.3 × 102 |
| 85 | 348 | 8.5 × 104 | 0 | 9.9 × 103 |
| 325 | 1,610 | 7.0 × 106 | 130 | 4.0 × 104 |
| 326 | 175 | 1.1 × 107 | 38.6 | 1.6 × 106 |
| 327 | 240 | 3.4 × 106 | 19.9 | 8.9 × 104 |
Coliforms from cloacal swabs are expressed as MPN per swab.
Coliforms from feces are expressed as MPN per turtle per night.