JEQ Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Published in J Environ Qual 29:826-834 (2000)
© 2000 American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America
677 S. Segoe Rd., Madison, WI 53711 USA
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Peterson, E. W.
Right arrow Articles by Orndorff, H. A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Peterson, E. W.
Right arrow Articles by Orndorff, H. A.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Peterson, E. W.
Right arrow Articles by Orndorff, H. A.

17 β-Estradiol as an Indicator of Animal Waste Contamination in Mantled Karst Aquifers

E. W. Peterson*

Dep. of Geology, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211.

R. K. Davis and H. A. Orndorff

Dep. of Geosciences, 118 Ozark Hall, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701.

* Corresponding author (ewp4bb{at}mizzou.edu).

ABSTRACT

The poultry and cattle industries comprise a large segment of the agricultural economy in the mantled karst area of northwest Arkansas. The associated risks of nutrient and bacterial contamination to karst aquifers by poultry litter have been well documented. However, only recently have the risks associated with hormones, specifically 17 β-estradiol (E2), been addressed. During a winter recharge event, five springs in northwest Arkansas were sampled and the waters were analyzed for E2, fecal coliform, and Escherichia coli. Analyses of the waters from five springs representing three different water-bearing formations revealed that E2 is present in the waters. Concentrations of E2 ranged from 6 to 66 ng/L. The observed E2 concentration trends imitated the changes in stage over the recharge event. The E2 concentration trends were similar to the concentration trends of both fecal coliform and E. coli at all five springs, indicating that the three components move in the mantled karst system similarly.

Received for publication April 5, 1999.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J. Environ. Qual.Home page
A.-M. Jacobsen, A. Lorenzen, R. Chapman, and E. Topp
Persistence of Testosterone and 17{beta}-Estradiol in Soils Receiving Swine Manure or Municipal Biosolids
J. Environ. Qual., April 20, 2005; 34(3): 861 - 871.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Environ. Qual.Home page
H. Hakk, P. Millner, and G. Larsen
Decrease in Water-Soluble 17{beta}-Estradiol and Testosterone in Composted Poultry Manure with Time
J. Environ. Qual., April 20, 2005; 34(3): 943 - 950.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Environ. Qual.Home page
T. A. Hanselman, D. A. Graetz, and A. C. Wilkie
Comparison of Three Enzyme Immunoassays for Measuring 17{beta}-Estradiol in Flushed Dairy Manure Wastewater
J. Environ. Qual., September 1, 2004; 33(5): 1919 - 1923.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Environ. Qual.Home page
M. S. Colucci, H. Bork, and E. Topp
Persistence of Estrogenic Hormones in Agricultural Soils: I. 17{beta}-Estradiol and Estrone
J. Environ. Qual., November 1, 2001; 30(6): 2070 - 2076.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
The SCI Journals Agronomy Journal Crop Science
Vadose Zone Journal Journal of Plant Registrations
Journal of Natural Resources
and Life Sciences Education		 Soil Science Society of America Journal
Copyright © 2000 by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.