Distribution and occurrence of atrazine, deethylatrazine, and ametryne residues in groundwater of the tropical island Barbados

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 15-18, 2002, Pages 3501-3515

  Wood, Beverley P ^a   Gumbs, Frank ^b   Headley, John V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMETRYN; ATRAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HERBICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; BARBADOS; CONFERENCE PAPER; LEACHING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SUGARCANE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BARBADOS;

EID: 0036420825     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-120014544     Document Type: Article

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