Agricultural pesticides and selected degradation products in five tidal regions and the main stem of Chesapeake Bay, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2567-2578

  McConnell, Laura L ^a   Rice, Clifford P ^a   Hapeman, Cathleen J ^a   Drakeford, Leticia ^a   Harman Fetcho, Jennifer A ^a   Bialek, Krystyna ^a   Fulton, Michael H ^b   Leight, Andrew K ^c   Allen, Gregory ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Chesapeake Bay; Herbicides; Metolachlor; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; NUTRIENTS; PESTICIDES; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; ETHANE SULFONIC ACID; TIDAL REGIONS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE; METOLACHLOR; MONOCROTOPHOS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SURFACE WATER;

ATRAZINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; PESTICIDE; SURFACE WATER; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; FILTRATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEAWATER; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACK RIVER; CHESAPEAKE BAY; CHESTER RIVER; DELMARVA PENINSULA; MARYLAND; MOBJACK BAY; NANTICOKE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; POCOMOKE RIVER; POQUOSON RIVER; RHODE RIVER; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 37049039246     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-655.1     Document Type: Article

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