Metolachlor and atrazine in the great lakes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4678-4684

  Kurt Karakus, Perihan B ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^a   Bidleman, Terry F ^a   Small, Jeff ^a   Backus, Sean ^a   Dove, Alice ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINES; DOMINANT PRODUCT; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GREAT LAKES; HOLD UP; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; METOLACHLOR CONCENTRATIONS; METOLACHLORS; MICHIGAN; ONTARIO; STEREO-SELECTIVE;

HERBICIDES; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

LAKES;

ATRAZINE; METOLACHLOR; SURFACE WATER;

ATRAZINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAKE WATER; METOLACHLOR; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; GEOMETRY; LAKE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING;

ACETAMIDES; ATRAZINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT LAKES REGION; STEREOISOMERISM; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; LAKE HURON; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE SUPERIOR;

EID: 77953487900     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100549v     Document Type: Article

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