Agricultural pesticides threaten the ecological integrity of northern prairie wetlands

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 231, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 173-181

  Donald, David B ^a   Syrgiannis, Jim ^a   Hunter, Fraser ^a   Weiss, Gary ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

2,4 D; Lindane; Pesticides; Precipitation; Triallate; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; BROMOXYNIL; DICAMBA; ENDRIN; HERBICIDE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; PESTICIDE; PICLORAM; RUNOFF; TRIALLATE; TRIFLURALIN;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; PESTICIDE; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE BIOLOGY; PESTICIDES; RAIN; SASKATCHEWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA;

EID: 0033062849     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00091-1     Document Type: Article

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