Effects of pesticides monitored with three sampling methods in 24 sites on macroinvertebrates and microorganisms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1665-1672

  Schäfer, Ralf B ^a,b   Pettigrove, Vincent ^c,d   Rose, Gavin ^e   Allinson, Graeme ^c,e   Wightwick, Adam ^e   Von Der Ohe, Peter C ^f   Shimeta, Jeff ^a   Kühne, Ralph ^f   Kefford, Ben J ^a,g  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^f HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPHNIA MAGNA; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MICROBIAL GROUPS; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; PESTICIDE EXPOSURE; SAMPLING METHOD; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; STREAM SITES; TOXIC UNIT; TRIMETHYLPENTANE; WATER SAMPLES; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ECOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOXICITY;

PESTICIDES;

2,2,4 TRIMETHYLPENTANE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROORGANISM; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLER; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

AMOEBA (GENUS); ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM; CILIATE; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLAGELLATE; GASTROTRICHA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROORGANISM; MONITORING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; STREAM (RIVER); TOXICITY; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AUSTRALIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; GASTROTRICHA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEMATODA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; PESTICIDES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79951601396     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103227q     Document Type: Article

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