Atmospheric deposition of pesticides to an agricultural watershed of the Chesapeake Bay

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1611-1622

  Kuang, Zhihua ^a   McConnell, Laura L ^b   Torrents, Alba ^a   Meritt, Donald ^c   Tobash, Stephanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

WATER GAS;

PESTICIDES;

ATRAZINE; CHLOROTHALONIL; CHLORPYRIFOS; ENDOSULFAN; HERBICIDE; METOLACHLOR; PESTICIDE; RAIN; RUNOFF; SIMAZINE; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; LAND USE; NORTH AMERICA; PHASE TRANSITION; POLLUTANT; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WET DEPOSITION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0141768164     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2003.1611     Document Type: Article

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