Trends in agricultural pesticide (atrazine, lindane, simazine) concentrations in the Thames Estuary

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-39

  Power, M ^a   Attrill, M J ^b   Thomas, R M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Estuaries; Lindane; Organochlorine pesticides; Simazine; Temporal trends; Thames

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; LINDANE; PESTICIDE; SIMAZINE;

ESTUARY; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; DRUG DETERMINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0033008818     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)00158-4     Document Type: Article

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