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After wildfires near the California Coast, human and animal fecal bacteria in urban and wildland areas end up in coastal waters

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After wildfires near the California Coast, human and animal fecal bacteria in urban and wildland areas end up in coastal waters

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Sunrise by the ocean during a wildfire in Goleta, CA.

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Credit: Carl Swindle

After wildfires near the California Coast, human and animal fecal bacteria in urban and wildland areas end up in coastal waters. 

 

Article URL: https://plos.io/4gcJ0To

Article Title: Coastal water bacterial responses to wildfires in California: A twenty-year investigation

Author Countries: United States

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

Journal

PLOS Water

DOI

10.1371/journal.pwat.0000589

Article Publication Date

19-Aug-2026

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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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