The term “endocrine disrupting chemicals” is commonly used to describe environmental
agents that alter the endocrine system. Laboratories working in this emerging field …

The biological activity of steroid hormones is regulated at the pre-receptor level by several
enzymes including 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (17 beta-HSD). The latter are …

" There are more coral species in deep, cold-waters than in tropical coral reefs. This broad-
ranging treatment is the first to synthesise current understanding of all types of cold-water …

Sexual reproduction by scleractinian reef corals is important for maintaining coral
populations and evolutionary processes. The ongoing global renaissance in coral …

Steroid molecules are present in all invertebrates, and some of them have established
hormonal roles: this is the case for ecdysteroids in arthropods and, to a lesser extent, for …

An analytical procedure for the determination of steroid estrogens and their conjugates was
developed and applied to aqueous environmental samples. The analytes of 15 compounds …

This study undertakes an initial prediction of the bioaccumulation factors and body burden of
the steroid estrogens, estrone, estradiol, estriol and ethinylestradiol in a range of aquatic …

The landmark report (Herbst et al. 1971) linking prenatal treatment with a synthetic estrogen,
diethylstilbestrol (DES), to cancer at puberty in women whose mothers took the drug while …

Introduction As a changing climate threatens the persistence of terrestrial and marine
ecosystems by altering community composition and function, differential performance of taxa …

Estrogens are ancient molecules that act as hormones in vertebrates and are biologically
active in diverse animal phyla. Sewage contains natural and synthetic estrogens that are …