Buffer zones for reducing pesticide drift to ditches and risks to aquatic organisms

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 112-118

  De Snoo, Geert R ^a   De Wit, Paul J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Buffer zones; Ditches; Drift; Pesticides; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BUFFER ZONE; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGA; AQUATIC FAUNA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031688436     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1998.1678     Document Type: Conference Paper

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