The legacy of pesticide pollution: An overlooked factor in current risk assessments of freshwater systems

Water Research

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-32

  Rasmussen, Jes J ^a   Wiberg Larsen, Peter ^a   Baattrup Pedersen, Annette ^a   Cedergreen, Nina ^b   McKnight, Ursula S ^c   Kreuger, Jenny ^d   Jacobsen, Dean ^b   Kristensen, Esben A ^a   Friberg, Nikolai ^a,e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental risk assessment; Legacy pesticides; Mixture toxicity; Pesticide monitoring; Streams

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; LEGACY SYSTEMS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MIXTURE TOXICITY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PESTICIDE CONCENTRATIONS; PESTICIDE POLLUTION; STREAMS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; FRESH WATER; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PYRETHROID; SIMAZINE; STORM WATER; TERBUTYLAZINE; TRIAZINE; PESTICIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALGA; ARABLE LAND; CATCHMENT; CHLORPYRIFOS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HCH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STORMWATER; STREAM; TOXICITY; TRIAZINE PESTICIDE; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOTA; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; LANDSCAPE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84937676050     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.07.021     Document Type: Article

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