2,4-D mineralization in unsaturated and near-saturated surface soils of an undulating, cultivated Canadian prairie landscape

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-43

  Shymko, Janna L ^a   Farenhorst, Annemieke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

2,4 D; Herbicide; Mineralization; Slope position; Soil depth; Soil moisture content; Sorption

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BIODEGRADATION; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS; SORPTION;

CANADIAN PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE; LANDFORM SEGMENTATION MODELS; MICROCOSM INCUBATION;

HERBICIDES;

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; HERBICIDE; MINERAL;

HERBICIDE; LANDSCAPE; MINERALIZATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PESTICIDE; PRAIRIE; SLOPE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALF LIFE TIME; KINETICS; METABOLISM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ADSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALF-LIFE; HERBICIDES; KINETICS; MANITOBA; MINERALS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 37649005541     PISSN: 03601234     EISSN: 15324109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601230701735235     Document Type: Article

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