Pesticide application and detection in variable agricultural intensity watersheds and their river systems in the maritime region of Canada

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 471-483

  Xing, Zisheng ^a,b   Chow, Lien ^a   Cook, Art ^c   Benoy, Glenn ^a,c   Rees, Herb ^a   Ernst, Bill ^c   Meng, Fanrui ^b   Li, Sheng ^a   Zha, Tianshan ^d   Murphy, Clair ^e   Batchelor, Suzanne ^c   Hewitt, L Mark ^c  

^a FREDERICTON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Environmental Protection and Operations   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; AZINPHOS METHYL; CHLOROTHALONIL; CIPERMETHRIN; ENDOSULFAN; FONOFOS; LINURON; METALAXYL; METRIBUZIN; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POTATO; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RIVER SYSTEM; THRESHOLD; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIVER; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ATRAZINE; AZINPHOSMETHYL; CANADA; ENDOSULFAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FONOFOS; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDES; PYRETHRINS; RAIN; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; MARITIME PROVINCES;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84867575152     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-012-9789-9     Document Type: Article

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