Sewage pollution: mitigation is key for coral reef stewardship

SL Wear, RV Thurber - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs are in decline worldwide, and land‐derived sources of pollution, including
sewage, are a major force driving that deterioration. This review presents evidence that …

Pharmaceuticals as priority water contaminants

P Bottoni, S Caroli, AB Caracciolo - Toxicological & Environmental …, 2010‏ - Taylor & Francis
Pharmaceuticals and their metabolites can reach water bodies through sewage systems,
industrial discharges, effluents from sewage treatment plants (STPs), aquaculture, and …

Towards an urban marine ecology: characterizing the drivers, patterns and processes of marine ecosystems in coastal cities

PA Todd, EC Heery, LHL Loke, RH Thurstan, DJ Kotze… - Oikos, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Human population density within 100 km of the sea is approximately three times higher than
the global average. People in this zone are concentrated in coastal cities that are hubs for …

Vitellogenin as a biomarker of exposure to estrogenic compounds in aquatic invertebrates: a review

V Matozzo, F Gagné, MG Marin, F Ricciardi… - Environment …, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Vitellogenins (Vg) are the major precursor of the egg-yolk proteins, vitellins (Vn), which
provide energy reserves for embryonic development in oviparous organisms. In mature …

Microbial degradation of steroidal estrogens

CP Yu, RA Deeb, KH Chu - Chemosphere, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Steroidal estrogens, widespread in the environment, are contaminants of potential concern
because exposure to these compounds can cause adverse impacts on aquatic life. Intensive …

Steroids in aquatic invertebrates

R Lafont, M Mathieu - Ecotoxicology, 2007‏ - Springer
Steroid molecules are present in all invertebrates, and some of them have established
hormonal roles: this is the case for ecdysteroids in arthropods and, to a lesser extent, for …

Water quality thresholds for coastal contaminant impacts on corals: a systematic review and meta-analysis

EM Nalley, LJ Tuttle, AL Barkman, EE Conklin… - Science of the Total …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Reduced water quality degrades coral reefs, resulting in compromised ecosystem function
and services to coastal communities. Increasing management capacity on reefs requires …

17β-Estradiol induced compositional, structural and functional changes in rainbow trout liver, revealed by FT-IR spectroscopy: a comparative study with nonylphenol

G Cakmak, I Togan, F Severcan - Aquatic toxicology, 2006‏ - Elsevier
Steroidal hormones produced by humans and animals are constantly being excreted into
the environment. It has been demonstrated that sewage effluent discharged to surface water …

Fate of steroid estrogens in Australian inland and coastal wastewater treatment plants

O Braga, GA Smythe, AI Schäfer… - Environmental Science & …, 2005‏ - ACS Publications
A comparison of estrone (E1), 17β-estradiol (E2), and 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) removal at
a coastal enhanced primary and inland advanced sewage treatment plant (STP) is reported …

[PDF][PDF] 4.08 submarine groundwater discharge: a source of nutrients, metals, and pollutants to the Coastal Ocean

K Knee, A Paytan - Treatise Estuar. Coast. Sci, 2011‏ - academia.edu
This chapter provides a review of the current state of knowledge on submarine groundwater
discharge (SGD) and the associated fluxes of nutrients, trace metals, microbes …