Seasonal exposures to triazine and other pesticides in surface waters in the western Highveld corn-production region in South Africa

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-141

  Du Preez, L H ^a   Jansen Van Rensburg, P J ^a   Jooste, A M ^a   Carr, J A ^b   Giesy, J P ^c   Gross, T S ^d   Kendall, R J ^b   Smith, E E ^b   Van Der Kraak, G ^e   Solomon, K R ^e  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Corn production; Surface water; Terbuthylazine

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HERBICIDES; OCEAN HABITATS; PESTICIDES; RAIN;

AMPHIBIAN HABITATS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ATRAZINE; CORN-GROWING AREA (CGA);

SURFACE WATERS;

2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; ACETOCHLOR; ATRAZINE; CHLOROTHIAZIDE; CIPERMETHRIN; DEETHYLATRAZINE; HERBICIDE; MONOCROTOPHOS; PESTICIDE; RAIN; SIMAZINE; SURFACE WATER; TERBUFOS; TERBUTYLAZINE; TRIAZINE;

PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURFACE WATER; TRIAZINE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PLANTING TIME; POND; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES HABITAT;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PESTICIDES; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIAZINES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; HIGHVELD; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 13444256425     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.09.019     Document Type: Article

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