MOLECULAR MARKERS IN ENVIRONME

Molecular markers are substances that serve as source indicators and process probes. This comprehensive collection examines the use of molecular markers in environmental geochemistry. It presents recent research on three classes of markers: contemporary biogenic markers, fossil biomarkers, and anthropogenic markers.

1. Molecular Markers and Environmental Organic Geochemistry: An Overview; CONTEMPORARY BIOGENIC MARKERS; 2. Signature Lipid Biomarker Analysis for Quantitative Assessment In Situ of Environmental Microbial Ecology; 3. Diether and Tetraether Phospholipids and Glycolipids as Molecular Markers for Archaebacteria (Archaea); 4. Seasonal Variation in Sedimentary Microbial Community Structure as a Backdrop for the Detection of Anthropogenic Stress; 5. The Use of Aromatic Acids and Phospholipid-Ester-Linked Fatty Acids for Delineation of Processes Affecting an Aquifer Contaminated with JP-4 Fuel; 6. Application of Chlorophyll and Carotenoid Pigments for the Chemotaxonomic Assessment of Seston, Periphyton, and Cyanobacterial Mats of Lake Okeechobee, Florida; 7. Higher Molecular Weight Terpenoids as Indicators of Organic Emissions from Terrestrial Vegetation; FOSSIL BIOMARKERS; 8. Applications of Biomarkers for Identifying Sources of Natural and Pollutant Hydrocarbons in Aquatic Environments; 9. Biogeochemical Marker Profiles in Cores of Dated Sediments from Large North American Lakes; 10. An Application of Biomarkers in a Preliminary Environmental Study of the Lower Daintree River, North Queensland, Australia; 11. Preliminary Study of Organic Pollutants in Air of Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Macao; ANTHROPOGENIC MARKERS; 12. Anthropogenic Molecular Markers: Tools To Identify the Sources and Transport Pathways of Pollutants; 13. Alkylbenzenesulfonates in Recent Lake Sediments as Molecular Markers for the Environmental Behavior of Detergent-Derived Chemicals; 14. Linear Alkylbenzenesulfonates and Polychlorinated Biphenyls as Indicators of Accumulation, Biodegradation, and Transport Processes in Sewage Farm Soils; 15. Fluorescent Whitening Agents as Molecular Markers for Domestic Wastewater in Recent Sediments of Greifensee, Switzerland; 16. Interpretations of Contaminant Sources to San Pedro Shelf Sediments Using Molecular Markers and Principal Component Analysis; 17. Use of Trialkylamines as a Marker of Sewage Addition into the Marine Environment; 18. Aliphatic Hydrocarbons, Linear Alkylbenzenes, and Highly Branched Isoprenoids in Molluscs of the Adriatic Sea, Italy; 19. 2-(4-Morpholinyl)benzothiazole as an Indicator of Tire-Wear Particles and Road Dust in the Urban Environment; 20. Detecting and Distinguishing Sources of Sewage Pollution in Australian Inland and Coastal Waters and Sediments; 21. Questions Remain in the Use of Coprostanol and Epicoprostanol as Domestic Waste Markers: Examples from Coastal Florida; 22. The Use of Azaarenes as Indicators of Combustion Sources to the Urban Atmosphere and Estuarine Systems; 23. Toxaphene Residue Composition as an Indicator of Degradation Pathways; 24. Soot as a Strong Partition Medium for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Aquatic Systems; 25. Polychlorinated Biphenyls as Probes of Biogeochemical Processes in Rivers; 26. Transport and Degradation of Semivolatile Hydrocarbons in a Petroleum-Contaminated Aquifer, Bemidji, Minnesota