Persistent DDE in the mesopotamian wetlands of southern Iraq

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 690-693

  Douabul, Ali A Z ^a   Mohammed, Sama S ^b   Warner, Barry G ^b   Asada, Taro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DDE; Mesopotamian wetlands; Pesticide residues; Sediment

Indexed keywords

DDE; HIGH TEMPERATURES; MESOPOTAMIAN WETLANDS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

POLLUTION DETECTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUN; WETLANDS;

PESTICIDES;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRAQ; SEDIMENT; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRAQ; PESTICIDES; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 63949085989     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9677-9     Document Type: Article

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