Estrogen-receptor independent effects of two ubiquitous environmental estrogens on Melosira varians Agardh, a common component of the aquatic primary production community

• Published in: Aquatic toxicology Vol. 85; no. 1; pp. 19 - 27
• Main Authors: Julius, Matthew L., Stepanek, Joshua, Tedrow, O’Neill, Gamble, Carolyn, Schoenfuss, Heiko L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.11.2007; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: 17β-Estradiol; 4-Nonylphenol; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Bacillariophyceae; bioassays; Biological and medical sciences; cell death; cell growth; Chlorophyll - analysis; Diatom(s); Diatoms - drug effects; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on plants and fungi; estradiol; Estradiol - toxicity; Estrogens - toxicity; Freshwater; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; hormone receptors; lipid content; Lipids - analysis; Melosira; Melosira varians; metabolites; mortality; new methods; nonionic surfactants; phenolic compounds; Phenols - toxicity; physiological response; Phytoplankton; Population Density; primary productivity; toxicity testing; trophic relationships; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; water pollution; 17β-Estradiol; 4-Nonylphenol; Phytoplankton; Diatom(s); Estrogen receptor; Primary productivity; Ecotoxicology; Plant community; Algae; Estrogen; Dose activity relation; Heterokontophyta; Aquatic environment; Bacillariophyta; Cell death; Biological effect; Waste water discharge; Comparative study; Xenobiotic

Estrogenic compounds have been discovered in many surface water samples in many anthropogenically altered surface waters. Wastewater effluent has been identified as a major pathway of contamination and found to revert much of the metabolic products of these biologically active compounds back to thei...