Effectiveness of a constructed wetland for retention of nonpoint-source pesticide pollution in the Lourens River catchment, South Africa

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 422-426

  Schulz, Ralf ^a,c   Peall, Sue K C ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Forensic Chemistry Laboratory   (South Africa)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CATCHMENTS; NITRATES; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; PHOSPHATES; RUNOFF; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY; WETLANDS;

ORTHOPHOSPHATES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AZINPHOS METHYL; CHLORPYRIFOS; ENDOSULFAN; PESTICIDE; PROTHIOFOS; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PESTICIDE; RETENTION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RIVER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; INSECTS; PESTICIDES; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AFRICA;

EID: 0035863652     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0001198     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Brix, H. Water Sci. Technol. 1994, 30, 209-223.
2. Mitsch, W. J.; Gosselink, J. G. Wetlands; Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, 1993.
3. Wetzel, R. G. In Constructed wetlands for water quality improvement; Moshiri, G. A., Ed.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 1993; pp 3-7.
4. Kadlec, R. H.; Knight, R. L. Treatment Wetlands; CRC Lewis: Boca Raton, FL, 1996.
5. Shutes, R. B. E.; Revitt, D. M.; Mungur, A. S.; Scholes, L. N. L. Water Sci. Technol. 1997, 35, 19-25.
6. Hammer, D. A. J. Ecol. Eng. 1992, 1, 49-81.
7. Baker, L. A. In Created and natural wetlands for controlling nonpoint-source pollution; Olson, R. K., Marshall, K., Eds.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 1993; pp 12-45.
8. Wolverton, B. C.; Harrison, D. D. J. Miss. Acad. Sci. 1975, 79, 84-88.
9. Kadlec, R. H.; Hey, D. L. Water Sci. Technol. 1994, 29, 159-168.
10. Lewis, M. A., Mayer, F. L., Powell, R. L., Nelson, M. K., Klaine, S. I., Henry, M. G., Dickson, G. W., Eds. Ecotoxicology and risk assessment for wetlands; Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC): Pensacola, FL, 1999.
11. Ghadiri, H.; Rose, C. W. J. Environ. Qual. 1991, 20, 628-634.