Microbial ecology, toxicology and chemical fate of methyl isothiocyanate in riparian soils from the Upper Sacramento River

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1694-1701

  Taylor Jr , George E ^a   Schaller, Kastli B ^a   Geddes, Jason D ^a   Gustin, Mae S ^a   Lorson, Gwen B ^a   Miller, Glenn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimation evolution; Half life; Methyl isothiocyanate; Microbes; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; RIVER WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HALF LIFE TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

RIPARIA;

EID: 10244270658     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<1694:METACF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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