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Pesticides in the Lower Clackamas River Basin, Oregon, 2000–01
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Pesticides in the Lower Clackamas River Basin, Oregon, 2000–01 |
| Creator | Carpenter, Kurt D. |
| Subject | Water -- Pesticide content; Storm sewers; Organic compounds; Water quality; |
| Coverage | Portland (Or.); Oregon |
| Description | In 2000–01, the U.S. Geological Survey sampled the Clackamas River and its major lower-basin tributaries for 86 dissolved pesticides and selected breakdown products during storm runoff conditions. In all, 27 compounds, including 18 herbicides, 7 insecticides, and 2 pesticide breakdown products, were detected in 18 stream samples. The most commonly detected pesticides, in decreasing frequency, included atrazine, simazine, diazinon, metolachlor, and diuron, which occurred in 46–92% of samples... |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributor | Clackamas River Water Providers; Clackamas County Department of Water Environment Services |
| Date | 2004 |
| Type | text; |
| Format | application/pdf; |
| Source | Carpenter, Kurt D., Pesticides in the Lower Clackamas River Basin, Oregon, 2000–01, Portland, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03–4145, p35 |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS |
| Identifier | http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-er/id/91 |
