Trends in Pesticide Concentrations in Streamsof the Western United States, 1993-2005

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-286

  Johnson, Henry M ^a   Domagalski, Joseph L ^a   Saleh, Dina K ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Pesticides; Salmon; Time series analysis; TMDL; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SITES; APPLICATION METHOD; ATRAZINES; CALIFORNIA; CHLORPYRIFOS; GEOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; METOLACHLORS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDES; PARAMETRIC REGRESSION; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; SALMON; SEASONALITY; SIMAZINE; SOIL DRAINAGE; TMDL; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; TRIFLURALIN; UPWARD TREND; WASHINGTON; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; APPLICATORS; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HERBICIDES; LANDFORMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; TIME SERIES; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS; WEED CONTROL;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRITICAL LOAD; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SOIL DRAINAGE; STREAMWATER; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953050598     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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