Pesticide runoff from energy crops: A threat to aquatic invertebrates?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 537, Issue , 2015, Pages 187-196

  Bunzel, Katja ^a   Schäfer, Ralf B ^b   Thrän, Daniela ^a,c,d   Kattwinkel, Mira ^e  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c DBFZ DEUTSCHES BIOMASSEFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEMEINNÜTZIGE GMBH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Bioenergy; Energy crops; Pesticides; Runoff potential

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIESEL; BIOETHANOL; BIOFUELS; CULTIVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OILSEEDS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SUBSTRATES; SUGAR BEETS;

AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM; AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; BIO-ENERGY; ENERGY CROPS; PESTICIDE EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE POLLUTION; RUNOFF POTENTIALS;

CROPS;

DIMOXYSTROBIN; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; MANCOZEB; PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOENERGY; CRUSTACEAN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENERGY CROP; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BARLEY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA MAGNA; ENERGY CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INVERTEBRATE; LC50; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PEST MANAGEMENT; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPESEED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUGAR BEET; SUMMER; TOXICITY TESTING; WHEAT; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; CROP; DAPHNIA; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; GERMANY; WATER POLLUTANT;

GERMANY;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; HORDEUM; INVERTEBRATA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; GERMANY; INVERTEBRATES; PESTICIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84941308769     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.011     Document Type: Article

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