Impacts of lawn-care pesticides on aquatic ecosystems in relation to property value.
Environ Pollut
; 137(2): 263-72, 2005 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15869830
ABSTRACT
To determine the potential impacts of lawn-care pesticides on aquatic ecosystems, the macroinvertebrate communities of six streams were assessed using a multimetric approach. Four streams flowed through residential neighborhoods of Peachtree City, GA, USA, with differing mean property values and two reference streams were outside the city limits. A series of correlation analyses were conducted comparing stream rank from water quality and physical stream parameters, habitat assessments, benthic macroinvertebrate metric, pesticide toxicity and metal toxicity data to determine relationships among these parameters. Significant correlations were detected between individual analyses of stream rank for pesticide toxicity, specific conductance, turbidity, temperature and dissolved oxygen with benthic macroinvertebrate metrics.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pesticides
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Ecosystem
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Fertilizers
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Poaceae
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Invertebrates
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Environ Pollut
Journal subject:
SAUDE AMBIENTAL
Year:
2005
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Estados Unidos