Occurrence and load of selected herbicides and metabolites in the lower Mississippi River

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 248, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 101-113

  Clark, Gregory M ^a   Goolsby, Donald A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroacetanilides; Herbicide metabolites; Herbicides; Missississippi River Basin; Triazines

Indexed keywords

ACETOCHLOR; ALACHLOR; AMETRYN; ATRAZINE; CYANAZINE; DRUG METABOLITE; HERBICIDE; METOLACHLOR; METRIBUZIN; PROMETON; PROPAZINE; SIMAZINE; TERBUTRYN;

HERBICIDE; METABOLITE; RIVER WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DETERMINATION; HISTORY; LAW; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACETAMIDES; ATRAZINE; FRESH WATER; HERBICIDES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI; TOLUIDINES; TRIAZINES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034607319     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00534-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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