Fate and effects of the herbicide atrazine in flow-through wetland mesocosms

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 937-946

  Detenbeck, Naomi E ^a   Hermanutz, Roger ^a   Allen, Kathleen ^a   Swift, Michael C ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Effects; Fate; Mesocosms; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG HALF LIFE; ECOTOXICITY; FROG; GROWTH INHIBITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0029992088     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<0937:FAEOTH>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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