Novel use of faecal sterols to assess human faecal contamination in Antarctica: a likelihood assessment matrix for environmental monitoring

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Leeming, Rhys, Stark, Jonathan S., Smith, James J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Davis Station; Davis-Station; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102014000273; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102014000273

Abstract Wastewater containing human sewage is often discharged with little or no treatment into the Antarctic marine environment. Faecal sterols (primarily coprostanol) in sediments have been used for assessment of human sewage contamination in this environment, but in situ production and indigenou...