| Abstract: | Analysis of historical pesticide information by the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program indicates that land use and pesticide use affect detections of pesticides in streams in part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin (UMIS). Agricultural pesticide use was greatest in the Minnesota River Basin. Greater than twenty-seven times more herbicides than insecticides were used for agriculture. Pesticide detections were greatest in or downstream of agricultural and urban areas. Herbicides were detected most frequently in stream water; whereas, organochlorine insecticides were detected most frequently in streambed sediment. Most concentrations were below levels considered harmful to human and aquatic health. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 5267 |
| Citation Author: | Fallon, James D. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Minnesota Water Science Center |
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| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
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| Citation LatN: | 0470000 |
| Citation LatS: | 0433000 |
| Citation LonE: | -0910000 |
| Citation LonW: | -0953000 |
| Citation Month: | May |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 4 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 4 p. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Fact Sheet |
| Citation Series Code: | FS |
| Citation Series Number: | 066-00 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Pesticides in Streams in Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1974-94; 2000; FS; 066-00; Fallon, James D. |
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| Citation Year: | 2000 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Pesticides in Streams in Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1974-94; 2000; FS; 066-00; Fallon, James D. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/fs_066_00.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://mn.water.usgs.gov/publications/pubs/066-00.pdf |
| Date Other: | Mon, 1 Jul 2002 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
