Evaluation of the ecotoxicological impact of the pesticide Lasso® on non-target freshwater species, through leaching from nearby agricultural fields, using terrestrial model ecosystems

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 192, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 211-220

  Abrantes, N ^a   Pereira, R ^a   Soares, A M V M ^a   Goncalves F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alachlor; Algae; Daphnids; Lakes; Leachates; Terrestrial model ecosystem

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ALGAE; CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; MICROFLUIDICS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RAIN; STANDARDS; TARGETS;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ALACHLOR; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; DAPHNIA LONGISPINA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DRAINAGE BASIN; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; FRESHWATER SPECIES; HARMFUL EFFECTS; LEACHATES; PORTUGAL; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; RAIN WATER; TERRESTRIAL ORGANISMS;

SOILS;

ALACHLOR; GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE; RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ALGA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEAN; DRAINAGE BASIN; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HERBICIDE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEACHATE; LEACHING; NONTARGET ORGANISM; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TOXICITY TEST;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALGA; APHANIZOMENON; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVALUATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER SPECIES; LAND BIOME; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; SOIL TREATMENT;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VELA LAKE;

ALGAE; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; DAPHNIA LONGISPINA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIIDAE; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 45849119769     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9648-5     Document Type: Article

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