Pesticides in Stream Sediment and Aquatic Biota

Distribution, Trends, and Governing Factors

Lisa H. Nowell

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9781000611038
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Science General
• Index: Biological Sciences

More than 20 years after the ban of DDT and other organochlorine pesticides, pesticides continue to be detected in air, rain, soil, surface water, bed sediment, and aquatic and terrestrial biota throughout the world. Recent research suggests that low levels of some of these pesticides may have the potential to affect the development, reproduction,

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Introduction to the Series
• Preface
• Editor’s Note
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Conversion Factors
• List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Abstract
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Characteristics of Studies Reviewed
• Chapter 3 National Distribution and Trends
• Chapter 4 Governing Processes
• Chapter 5 Analysis of Key Topics—Sources, Behavior, and Transport
• Chapter 6 Analysis of Key Topics—Environmental Significance
• Chapter 7 Summary and Conclusions
• Appendix A Table 2.1. Pesticides in bed sediment and aquatic biota from rivers and estuaries in the United States: National and multistate monitoring studies
• Appendix B Table 2.2. Pesticides in bed sediment and aquatic biota from rivers in the United States: State and local monitoring studies
• Appendix C Table 2.3. Pesticides in bed sediment and aquatic biota from rivers in the United States: Process and matrix distribution studies
• Appendix D Common Names and Taxonomic Classifications of Aquatic Organisms Sampled in the Studies Reviewed
• Appendix E Glossary of Common and Chemical Names of Pesticides
• References
• Index