Environmental factors affecting the levels of legacy pesticides in the airshed of Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1893-1906

  Goel, Anubha ^a   McConnell, Laura L ^b   Torrents, Alba ^a   Kuang, Zhihua ^c   Hapeman, Cathleen J ^b   Meritt, Donald W ^d   Alexander, Stephanie T ^d   Scudlark, Joseph R ^e   Scarborough, Robert ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Greenman Pedersen   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Chesapeake Bay; Delaware Bay; Long range transport; Organochlorine insecticides

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CHESAPEAKE BAY; DELAWARE BAY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDES;

AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; CHEMICALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; LAKES; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

INSECTICIDES;

CHLORDANE; DIELDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HCH; LAKE POLLUTION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; ENTHALPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; DDT; DELAWARE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KINETICS; LINDANE; MARYLAND; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TEMPERATURE; VIRGINIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; DELAWARE BAY; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 78649458306     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.243     Document Type: Article

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