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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Environmental and Public Health Volume 2011, Article ID 597073, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2011/597073 Research Article Risk Factors for Colonization of E. coli in Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus ) in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida Adam M. Schaefer,1 Gregory D. Bossart,1, 2 Marilyn Mazzoil,1 Patricia A. Fair,3 and John S. Reif1, 4 1 Marine Mammal Research and Conservation Program, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Pierce, FL 34946, USA 2 Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, GA 30313, USA 3 Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, NOS, NOAA, Charleston, SC 29142, USA 4 Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80532, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Adam M. Schaefer, aschaefer@ Received 9 June 2011; Revised 2 August 2011; Accepted 3 August 2011 Academic Editor: Pam R. Factor-Litvak Copyright © 2011 Adam M. Schaefer et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Opportunistic pathogens related to degradation in water quality are of concern to both wildlife and public health. The objective of this study was to identify spatial, temporal, and environmental risk factors for E. coli colonization among Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inhabiting the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), FL between 2003 and 2007. Age, gender, capture location, coastal human population density, proximity of sewage treatment plants, number of septic tanks, cum