Estrogens from sewage in coastal marine environments.

Estrogens from sewage in coastal marine environments.

Estrogens are ancient molecules that act as hormones in vertebrates and are biologically active in diverse animal phyla. Sewage contains natural and synthetic estrogens that are detectable in streams, rivers, and lakes. There are no studies reporting the distribution of steroidal estrogens in marine environments. We measured estrogens in sewage, injection-well water, and coastal tropical and of...

Estrogens in coastal waters. The sewage source.

Gynecologic case report 117 The vast majority of vaginal fungal infections are caused by Candida species, especially Candida albicans1,2. Recently, attention has focused on an unconfirmed increase in vaginal infections caused by C. glabrata3. Most microbiological investigations of large numbers of women with fungal vaginitis have reported infrequent symptomatic vaginitis caused by unusual speci...

Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments

A scanning lidar system provides high-resolution two-dimensional measurements of ocean wave displacement. The airborne operation further enhances the speed of data acquisition. These properties allow rapid characterization of the ocean wave environment. In addition to active ranging, the scanning optics can obtain passive measurements of surface emissivity, yielding a digital image of the surfa...

Benthic diatom communities of coastal marine environments

This project examined the effects of ecological factors and anthropogenic contaminants on benthic diatom communities near Casey Station, in the Windmill Islands, Antarctica. Preliminary sampling indicated significant compositional differences occurred between diatom communities in bays immediately adjacent to Casey Station and those more distant. Subsequently, a more detailed appraisal of spati...

Degradation of Estrogens in Sewage Treatment Processes