Pesticide contamination of Jamaican environment. II. Insecticide residues in the rivers and shrimps of Rio Cobre basin, 1982-1996

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 459-480

  Mansingh, A ^a   Robinson, D E ^a   Henry, C ^a   Lawrence, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Insecticide residues; River contamination

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE BIOLOGY; PESTICIDES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

INSECTICIDE RESIDUES; ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS; PESTICIDE CONTAMINATION; SHRIMPS;

WATER POLLUTION;

AMETRYN; ATRAZINE; DIELDRIN; DIQUAT; ENDOSULFAN; HERBICIDE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PARAQUAT; PYRETHROID; SIMAZINE;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; SHRIMP CULTURE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JAMAICA; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SHRIMP; WATER POLLUTION;

JAMAICA;

EID: 0034255564     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006281425405     Document Type: Article

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