Source and Persistence of Nematodes in Surface Waters
Nilay Chaudhuri, Rahmanullah Siddiqi, Richard S. Engelbrecht · American Water Works Association · 1964
This paper consists of: an evaluation of methods used in sampling, collecting, and counting nematodes from water; a study of the proportional contribution of seepage, runoff, and waste treatment plants to the total nematode concentration in streams; and, an investigation of the persistence of nematodes in streams. Initially, three separate studies were conducted to evaluate the contribution of nematodes from waste treatment plants and from surface and subsurface drainage. A comprehensive study was then made of the Boneyard‐Saline Branch drainage system in central Illinois to investigate the relative contribution of nematodes of the sources mentioned and the persistence of nematodes in streams.