Effects of herbicide mixture on microbial communities in prairie wetland ecosystems: A whole wetland approach

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 435-436, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-43

  Sura, Srinivas ^a   Waiser, Marley ^b   Tumber, Vijay ^b   Farenhorst, Annemieke ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concentration addition; Herbicide; Microbial community; Mixture toxicity; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BROMOXYNIL; CLOPYRALID; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONCENTRATION ADDITION; DICAMBA; GLYPHOSATES; HERBICIDE TREATMENT; MANITOBA; MANITOBA , CANADA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MIXTURE TOXICITY; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIVITY; SASKATCHEWAN; TIME-PERIODS; WATER STORAGE; WETLAND ECOSYSTEM; WILDLIFE HABITATS;

BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEMS; MICROORGANISMS; MIXTURES; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; TOXICITY; WATER FILTRATION; WEED CONTROL; WETLANDS;

HERBICIDES;

2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; BROMOXYNIL; CLOPYRALID; DICAMBA; DICHLORPROP; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; MECOPROP; PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HERBICIDE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRAIRIE; TOXICITY; WETLAND;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEM; HERBICIDES; MANITOBA; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

CANADA; MANITOBA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 84864400389     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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