Potential for aerobic isoproturon biodegradation and sorption in the unsaturated and saturated zones of a chalk aquifer

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 281-297

  Johnson, Andrew C ^a   Hughes, Clare D ^b   Williams, Richard J ^a   Chilton, P John ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE; ISOPROTURON;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HERBICIDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HERBICIDE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

UK, ENGLAND, HAMPSHIRE;

EID: 0032054287     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(97)00048-X     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Chapelle F.H., Lovley D.R. Rates of microbial metabolism in deep coastal plain aquifers. App. Environ. Micro. 56:1990;1865-1874.
2. Chilton, P.J., Stuart, M.E., Goody, D.C., Williams, R.J., Williamson, A.R., 1995. The occurrence of herbicides in and the modelling of their transport to the chalk aquifer beneath arable land in southern England. British Crop Protection Monograph No. 62. Pesticide movement to water, pp. 111-116.
3. Clark, L., Gomme, J., Oakes, D.B., Slade, S., Fielding, M., Moore, K., Taylor, L., Shurvel, S., 1992. Pesticides in major aquifers. National Rivers Authority R&D Note 72.
4. Foster S.S.D., Chilton P.J., Stuart M.E. Mechanisms of groundwater pollution by pesticides. J.I.W.E.M. 5:1991;186-193.
5. Fredrickson J.K., Garland T.R., Hicks R.J., Thomas J.M., Li S.W., McFadden K.M. Lithotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria in deep subsurface sediments and their relation to sediment properties. Geomicrobiol. J. 7:1989;53-66.
6. Heron G., Christensen T.H. Degradation of the herbicide mecoprop in an aerobic aquifer determined by laboratory batch studies. Chemosphere. 24:1992;547-557.
7. Hicks R.J., Fredrickson J.K. Aerobic metabolic potential of microbial populations indigenous to deep subsurface environments. Geomicrobiol. J. 7:1989;67-77.
8. Hughes, C.D., Gardner, S.J., Coombs, P., Chilton, P.J., 1995. Microcosm experiments to study mecoprop degradation in the chalk aquifer of Hampshire. British Crop Protection Monograph No. 62. Pesticide movement to water, pp. 207-210.
9. Jarvis, M.G., Allen, R.H., Fordham, S.J., Hazelden, J., Moffat, A.J., Sturdy, R.G., 1984. Soils and their use in southeast England. Soil Survey of England and Wales, Bulletin No. 15, Harpenden.
10. Johnson A.C., Wood M. The microbial potential of sandy aquifer material in the London Basin. Geomicrobiol. J. 10:1992;1-13.
11. Klint M., Arvin E., Jensen B.K. Degradation of the pesticides mecoprop and atrazine in unpolluted sandy aquifers. J. Environ. Qual. 22:1993;262-266.
12. McMahon P.B., Chapelle F.H., Jagucki M.L. Atrazine mineralisation potential of alluvial-aquifer sediments under aerobic conditions. Env. Sci. Technol. 26:1992;1556-1559.
13. Mirgain I., Green G., Monteil H. Biodegradation of the herbicide atrazine in groundwater under laboratory conditions. Environ. Tech. 16:1995;967-976.
14. Mudd P.J., Hance R.J., Wright S.J.L. The persistence and metabolism of isoproturon in soil. Weed Res. 23:1983;239-246.
15. NRA, 1995. Pesticides in the aquatic environment, Water Quality Series No. 26. Report of the National Rivers Authority, London. HMSO.
16. Pignatello J.J. Microbial degradation of 1,2-dibromoethane in shallow aquifer materials. J. Environ. Qual. 16:1987;307-312.
17. Price M., Bird M.J., Foster S.S.D. Chalk pore-size measurements and their significance. Water Services. 80:1976;596-600.
18. Sinclair J.L., Ghiorse W.C. Distribution of aerobic bacteria, protozoa, algae and fungi in deep subsurface sediments. Geomicrobiol. J. 9:1989;15-31.
19. Skipper H.D., Wollum A.G., Turco R.F., Wolf D.C. Microbiological aspects of environmental fate studies of pesticides. Weed Technol. 10:1996;174-190.
20. Tomlin, C.D.S., 1994. The Pesticide Manual, A World Compendium, In: Tomlin, C.D.S. (Ed.), Incorporating the Agrochemicals Handbook. Tenth edn. Published jointly by the British Crop Protection Council (Farnham, UK) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (Cambridge, UK).
21. Wellings S.R. Recharge of the upper chalk aquifer at a site in Hampshire, England. 1: Water balance and unsaturated flow. J. Hydrol. 69:1984;259-273.
22. White, S.L., Pinkstone, D.C., 1995. The occurrence of pesticides in drinking water. British Crop Protection Council Monograph No 62. Pesticide movement to water, pp. 263-268.