Changes in herbicide concentrations in Midwestern streams in relation to changes in use, 1989-1998

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 248, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 255-263

  Scribner, Elisabeth A ^a   Battaglin, William A ^a   Goolsby, Donald A ^a   Thurman, E M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Application rates; Herbicides; Midwestern USA; Streams; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACETOCHLOR; ALACHLOR; ATRAZINE; CYANAZINE; HERBICIDE; METOLACHLOR; METRIBUZIN; PROPAZINE; SIMAZINE;

HERBICIDE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RIVER WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ACETAMIDES; ATRAZINE; FRESH WATER; HERBICIDES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; TRIAZINES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034607318     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00547-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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