Estimating catchment vulnerability to diffuse herbicide losses from hydrograph statistics

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1441-1450

  Leu, Christian ^a,d   Schneider, Manuel K ^b,c   Stamm, Christian ^c  

^a SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

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

^d Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOCHLOR; ALACHLOR; ATRAZINES; DATA SETS; EMPIRICAL DATA; FLOW INDICES; FLOW VOLUMES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HYDROGRAPHS; METOLACHLORS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; RIVER FLOW; SCREENING TOOL; STORM FLOW;

HERBICIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; WEED CONTROL;

CATCHMENTS;

ACETOCHLOR; ALACHLOR; ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE; METOLACHLOR; FRESH WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; HYDROGRAPHY; WATER FLOW; CHEMISTRY; EUROPE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

EUROPE; FRESH WATER; HERBICIDES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77955627146     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0323     Document Type: Article

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