Occurrence, fate and effects of azoxystrobin in aquatic ecosystems: A review

Environment International

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-28

  Rodrigues, Elsa Teresa ^a   Lopes, Isabel ^b   Pardal, Miguel Ângelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Analytical methodologies; Aquatic systems; Azoxystrobin; Ecotoxicity; Legislation; Strobilurin compounds

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMOLECULES; ECOSYSTEMS; FUNGI; HISTOLOGY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METABOLITES; PESTICIDES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY; AQUATIC SYSTEM; AZOXYSTROBIN; ECOTOXICITY; STROBILURIN;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

AZOXYSTROBIN; FUNGICIDE; GROUND WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METABOLITE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY SCREENING; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SELECTIVE DETECTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY ELECTRON IONIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY NITROGEN PHOSPHOROUS SELECTIVE DETECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY ULTRAVIOLET DETECTION; ION MONITORING; LAW; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETER ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IONIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY TRIPLE QUADRUPOLE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MICROELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTOR; WATER ANALYSIS;

FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872308701     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.12.005     Document Type: Review

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