BACKGROUND Coastal sediments in the northern Gulf of Mexico have a high potential of being contaminated by petroleum hydrocarbons, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), due to extensive petroleum exploration and transportation activities. In this study we evaluated the spatial distribution and contamination sources of PAHs, as well as the bioavailable fraction in the bulk PAH pool, i...

Twenty-eight tidal creeks were sampled along the South Carolina coast in the summer of 1995 to determine the levels of sediment trace metal contamination associated with different types and varying levels of human development in their watersheds. The particle size and total organic carbon (TOC) content of creek sediments in developed watersheds (i.e., industrial, urban, and suburban) were simil...

1 Celiac disease (CD) affects approximately 1% of the population. It is a disease that causes flattening of the epithelial lining of the small bowel and is characterized by (sub) total villous atrophy. The histological alterations in CD are graded according to the modified Marsh Classification from Marsch 0 (normal mucosa) to Marsch IIIc (total villous atrophy). Common symptoms include, but are...

In Pacific Coast salt marshes, only color and color IR aerial photography provide the spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution required to conduct long-term historic time series analysis of wetland change at the plant community level. We used historic aerial photographs with manual and automated image classification techniques to discern decadal-scale changes to salt marshes in Elkhorn Slough...

This study used Quickbird-2 and Worldview-2, high resolution satellite imagery, in a multi-temporal salt marsh mapping and change analysis of Jamaica Bay, New York. An object-based image analysis methodology was employed. The study seeks to understand both natural and anthropogenic changes caused by Hurricane Sandy and salt marsh restoration, respectively. The objectives of this study were to: ...