Comparison of fate and ecological effects of the herbicide linuron in freshwater model ecosystems between tropical and temperate regions

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 424-433

  Daam, Michiel A ^a   Van den Brink, Paul J ^b   Nogueira, António J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fate and effects; Linuron; Model ecosystems; Temperate; Tropical

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; LINURON;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HERBICIDE; MICROCOSM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL REGION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANKTON; TROPICS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; HERBICIDES; LINURON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANKTON; TEMPERATURE; THAILAND; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 54949123786     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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