Diffusion and degradation of atrazine in a water/sediment system

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2008-2014

  Mersie, Wondi ^a   Mcnamee, Clyde ^a   Seybold, Cathy A ^b   Tierney, Dennis P ^c  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Syngenta Crop Protection Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Degradation; Hydroxyatrazine; Microcosm; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER POLLUTION;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0033880697     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190808     Document Type: Article

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