Preliminary study of pesticide drift into the Maya mountain Protected Areas of Belize

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-59

  Kaiser, Kristine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glyphosate; Organophosphates; Orographic precipitation

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AMERICA; GLYPHOSATES; HUMAN USE; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; PROTECTED AREAS; STREAM WATER; THREATENED SPECIES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; HERBICIDES; LANDFORMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE; GLYPHOSATE; PESTICIDE;

AIR; ARTICLE; BELIZE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WEATHER;

AIR MOVEMENTS; BELIZE; ENVIRONMENT; GLYCINE; PESTICIDES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WEATHER;

EID: 79451469271     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-0167-x     Document Type: Article

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