Micro-organic compounds in the Humber rivers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 194-195, Issue , 1997, Pages 357-371

  House, W A ^a   Leach, D ^b   Long, J L A ^a,c   Cranwell, P ^a   Smith, C ^a   Bharwaj, L ^a   Meharg, A ^a   Ryland, G ^b   Orr, D O ^a   Wright, J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

herbicides; Humber; LOIS; micro organic compounds; organochlorine insecticides; organophosphorus; pesticides; pyrethroids; river flux; triazine; water quality

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER QUALITY;

HERBICIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RIVER WATER QUALITY; TRIAZINE;

UK, ENGLAND, RIVER HUMBER;

EID: 0030620020     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(96)05375-2     Document Type: Article

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