Fecal pollution source tracking toolbox for identification, evaluation and characterization of fecal contamination in receiving urban surface waters and groundwater

NH Tran, KYH Gin, HH Ngo - Science of the Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
The quality of surface waters/groundwater of a geographical region can be affected by
anthropogenic activities, land use patterns and fecal pollution sources from humans and …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular evidence for human population change associated with climate events in the Maya lowlands

B Keenan, A Imfeld, K Johnston, A Breckenridge… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The analysis of faecal stanols in lake sediment cores offers a novel opportunity to
reconstruct human population change, assuming that variability in faecal stanol …

Environmental and anthropogenic drivers of contaminants in agricultural watersheds with implications for land management

KL Smalling, OH Devereux, SE Gordon… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
If not managed properly, modern agricultural practices can alter surface and groundwater
quality and drinking water resources resulting in potential negative effects on aquatic and …

On the use of coprostanol to identify source of nitrate pollution in groundwater

K Nakagawa, H Amano, Y Takao, T Hosono… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Investigation of contaminant sources is indispensable for develo** effective
countermeasures against nitrate (NO 3−) pollution in groundwater. Known major nitrogen …

Correlation between caffeine and coprostanol in contrasting Amazonian water bodies

MG de Melo, OC Dos Anjos, AP Nunes… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The evaluation of contamination by domestic sewage is relevant in the Amazon region;
however, it has neither been well-developed nor accompanied by research or monitoring …

Human and livestock waste as a reduced carbon source contributing to the release of arsenic to shallow Bangladesh groundwater

KJ Whaley-Martin, BJ Mailloux, A van Geen… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent studies have demonstrated that the supply of relatively young organic carbon
stimulates the release of arsenic to groundwater in Bangladesh. This study explores the …

Coprostanol adsorption behavior in agricultural soil, riverbed sediment, and sand

MS Islam, K Nakagawa, ZQ Yu, Y Takao… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The occurrence of coprostanol in soil, surface, and groundwater has recently been reported
in several studies. Coprostanol indicates the presence of feces from mammals. For this …

Lipid biomarkers as a tool for the identification of herder activities in El Mirador cave

A Vallejo, J Gea, L Massó, B Navarro… - Prehistoric herders and …, 2022 - Springer
Biomarkers of fecal origin are useful in identifying animal husbandry. In this chapter, two
different analytical strategies based on liquid and gas chromatography (LC-MS and GC-MS) …

Use of sterols to monitor surface water quality change and nitrate pollution source

K Nakagawa, H Amano, R Berndtsson, Y Takao… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Coprostanol was tested as ecological indicator to trace domestic and manure effluents and
to investigate possible pollution sources in surface water. Pollution assessment was …

Understanding controls on stanols in lake sediments as proxies for palaeopopulations in Mesoamerica

B Keenan, A Imfeld, Y Gélinas, PMJ Douglas - Journal of Paleolimnology, 2022 - Springer
Faecal stanols in lake sediments have been used as a proxy for human populations in the
past in a variety of contexts, with the assumption that variability in faecal stanol concentration …