Pesticide residues in the aquatic environment of banana plantation: Areas in the north Atlantic zone of Costa Rica

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1942-1950

  Castillo, Luisa E ^a,b   Ruepert, Clemens ^a   Solis, Efrain ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Banana plantations; Pesticide residues; River basin; Sediments; Surface water

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; SURFACE WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PLANTATION; PROTECTED AREA;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

COSTA RICA; SUERTE RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0033874156     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190802     Document Type: Article

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