Integrated ecological risk assessment of pesticides in tropical ecosystems: A case study with carbofuran in Brazil

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 437-445

  Chelinho, Sónia ^a   Lopes, Isabel ^b   Natal da Luz, Tiago ^a   Domene, Xaxier ^c   Tenorio Nunes, Maria Edna ^d   Espíndola, Evaldo L G ^d   Ribeiro, Rui ^a   Sousa, Jose P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flume; Laboratory simulator; Runoff; Soil habitat function; Soil retention function

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AQUATIC BIOTA; AQUEOUS EXTRACTS; CARBOFURANS; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL TESTS; EISENIA ANDREI; ENCHYTRAEUS CRYPTICUS; FIELD TRIAL; FLUME; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; INDIRECT EFFECTS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LEACHATES; MODEL SUBSTANCE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POTENTIAL RISKS; SERIAL DILUTIONS; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL ORGANISMS; SUGARCANE CROPS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TOXIC EFFECT; TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS;

CANDIDA; ECOLOGY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; LEACHING; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; RATING; RUNOFF; SIMULATORS; SOILS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TOXICITY; YEAST;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARBOFURAN;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANNELID; AQUATIC ORGANISM; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOASSAY; CARBOFURAN; CRUSTACEAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLUME EXPERIMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LABORATORY METHOD; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; RETENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SUGAR CANE; TOXICITY TEST; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOTA; BRAZIL; CANDIDA; CERIODAPHNIA SILVESTRII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EISENIA ANDREI; ENCHYTRAEUS CRYPTICUS; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; LEACHING; METAZOON; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SUGARCANE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAZIL; CARBOFURAN; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; INSECTICIDES; OLIGOCHAETA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL;

CERIODAPHNIA; EISENIA ANDREI; ENCHYTRAEUS CRYPTICUS; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA;

EID: 84855822988     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.738     Document Type: Article

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