| Abstract: | Microorganisms in aerobic incubations of alluvialaquifer sediment mineralized 9-14% of added [U-14C]-D-glucose in 24 h, compared with <0.1-1.5% of added [ethyl-2-14C]atrazine and <0.1% of added [U-ring-14C]-atrazine in 23 days. 14CO2 production from glucose and atrazine ethyl-2 carbon was greater in shallow sediment (<6 m) than in deep sediment (>17 m). Although first-order rate constants for 14CO2 production from the atrazine ethyl-2 carbon were low (<4.5 ?? 10-5-5.4 ?? 10-4 day-1), they may be significant in the time frame of groundwater flow. Laboratory-measured rate constants were similar to field-estimated rate constants [(3.2 ??1.4) ?? 10-4 day-1] required to mineralize the atrazine ethyl carbon in groundwater prior to its discharge into an adjacent river. These results are consistent with the occurrence of detectable levels of deethylatrazine, but not atrazine, in groundwater from monitoring wells at the river. |
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| Citation Author: | McMahon, P. B.; Chapelle, F. H.; Jagucki, M. L. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Atrazine mineralization potential of alluvial-aquifer sediments under aerobic conditions; 1992; Article; Journal; Environmental Science and Technology; McMahon, P. B.; Chapelle, F. H.; Jagucki, M. L. |
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| Citation Year: | 1992 |
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| Text: | Atrazine mineralization potential of alluvial-aquifer sediments under aerobic conditions; 1992; Article; Journal; Environmental Science and Technology; McMahon, P. B.; Chapelle, F. H.; Jagucki, M. L. |
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| Date Other: | Wed, 1 Jan 1992 00:00 -0600 |
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