Atrazine fate and transport within the coastal zone in southeastern Puerto Rico

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 36-44

  Potter, Thomas L ^a   Bosch, David D ^a   Dieppa, Angel ^b   Whitall, David R ^c   Strickland, Timothy C ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissipation; Groundwater; Herbicide; Runoff; Soil; Storm; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED DEGRADATION; AGRICHEMICALS; COASTAL WATERS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; EVENT TIMING; FATE AND TRANSPORT; HIGH POTENTIAL; IN-FIELD; PUERTO RICO; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SOIL INCUBATION; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TROPICAL; TROPICAL STORMS; WEED MANAGEMENT;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ESTUARIES; GROUNDWATER; RUNOFF; SOILS; STORMS; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; GROUND WATER; RAIN;

ATRAZINE; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL ZONE; DETECTION METHOD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; LEACHING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PUERTO RICO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL PROPERTY; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TRANSPORT;

AGRICULTURE; ATRAZINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HERBICIDES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PUERTO RICO; SEAWATER; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84874741996     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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