Application of a glyphosate-based herbicide to Phragmites australis: Impact on groundwater and near-shore lake water at a beach on Georgian Bay

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 616-624

  Crowe, Allan S ^a   Leclerc, Natalie ^b   Struger, John ^a   Brown, Susan ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Wasaga Beach Provincial Park   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beaches; Common reed; Glyphosate; Groundwater; Groundwater lake interaction; Phragmites

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS; AQUATIC LIFE; COMMON REED; DETECTION LIMITS; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; FIRST-ORDER KINETIC REACTION; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GLYPHOSATES; GREAT LAKES; GROUNDWATER-LAKE INTERACTION; LAKE WATERS; NEARSHORES; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES;

BEACHES; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAKES; WATER QUALITY; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

BEACH PROFILE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; DILUTION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GLYPHOSATE; GRASS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HALF LIFE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE WATER; PERSISTENCE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; REACTION KINETICS; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SHORELINE; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; GEORGIAN BAY; ONTARIO [CANADA];

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 82455210249     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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