Dr Tracy McDonald - Perkins

23/04/2025

Omg so many need this 🤣

26/03/2020

A study I worked on with my good friend Dr Jenny Rhymes published in 2015

Nutrients and faecal contaminants can enter wetland systems in a number of ways, with both biological and potentially human-health implications. In th…

26/03/2020

A review article I was coauthor of

Anthropogenic activities have increased the load of faecal bacteria, pathogenic viruses and nutrients in rivers, estuaries and coastal areas through point and diffuse sources such as sewage discharges and agricultural runoff. These areas are used by humans for both commercial and recreational activi...

26/03/2020

Great times doing my degree in Zoology and Marine Zoology at Bangor

26/03/2020

Another publication from my research which investigates the influence of sediment composition on bacterial abundance.

PLoS One. 2014 Nov 14;9(11):e112951. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112951. eCollection 2014. Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

11/06/2019

One of my publications on the survival of faecal bacteria in the environment

To safeguard human health, legislative measures require the monitoring of faecal indicator bacteria (FIB) concentrations in recreational and shellfish…

28/01/2018