Input dynamics and fate in surface water of the herbicide metolachlor and of its highly mobile transformation product metolachlor ESA

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5507-5513

  Huntscha, Sebastian ^a,b   Singer, Heinz ^a   Canonica, Silvio ^a   Schwarzenbach, René P ^b   Fenner, Kathrin ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DYNAMICS; FINANCE; GROUNDWATER; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INSURANCE; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDES; PHOTOLYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY ENGINEERING; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; BASE FLOWS; CHEMICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENTS; ETHANESULFONIC ACID; GROUNDWATER RECHARGING; HALF-LIVES; HARVEST SEASON; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; MASS BALANCE MODELING; METOLACHLOR; PARENT COMPOUNDS; SUM MER MONTHS; SWITZERLAND; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE; METOLACHLOR; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

BASEFLOW; BIODEGRADATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HERBICIDE; MASS BALANCE; PHOTOLYSIS; RECHARGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIELD STUDY; HARVEST; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOLYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SUMMER; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER FLOW;

ACETAMIDES; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HALF-LIFE; HERBICIDES; PHOTOLYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREIFENSEE; SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 48749111771     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800395c     Document Type: Article

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