Assessing pesticide pollution risk: From field to watershed

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 321-327

  Houdart, Marie ^a,b   Tixier, Philippe ^a   Lassoudière, André ^a   Saudubray, Frédéric ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UMR Territoires   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; Chlordecone; GIS; Indicator; Martinique; Pesticides; Pollution risk evaluation; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

GIS; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; MARTINIQUE; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

EID: 65349106063     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:2008042     Document Type: Article

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