Pesticide occurrence and aquatic benchmark exceedances in urban surface waters and sediments in three urban areas of California, USA, 2008-2011

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3697-3710

  Ensminger, Michael P ^a   Budd, Robert ^a   Kelley, Kevin C ^a   Goh, Kean S ^a  

^a Environmental Monitoring Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic benchmark; Bifenthrin; Fipronil; Imidacloprid; Sediment TU; Urban runoff

Indexed keywords

BIFENTHRIN; DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE REGULATIONS; FIPRONIL; IMIDACLOPRIDS; PESTICIDE CONCENTRATIONS; PESTICIDE CONTAMINATIONS; URBAN RUNOFF; URBAN SURFACE WATERS;

INSECTICIDES; PYRIDINE; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; UREA; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

2,4 TRICLOPYR; BIFENTHRIN; CARBARIL; CYFLUTHRIN; CYHALOTHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; DICAMBA; DIMPYLATE; DIURON; FIPRONIL; FIPRONIL DESULFINYL; FIPRONIL SULFONE; HERBICIDE; IMIDACLOPRID; MALATHION; PENDIMETHALIN; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; RAIN; SURFACE WATER; TRALOMETHRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BENCHMARKING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PESTICIDE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; URBAN AREA; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD; CHEMISTRY; CITY; RIVER; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PESTICIDES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878374183     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2821-8     Document Type: Article

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