Transport, Occurrence, and Fate of Pesticides in the Environment

Books and Book Chapters

Kolpin, D.W., Battaglin, W.A., Conn, K.E., Furlong, E.T., Glassmeyer, S.T., Kalkhoff, S.J., Meyer, M.T., and Schnoebelen, D.J., 2009,

Occurrence of transformation products in the environment, in Boxall, A., ed., Degradation of Synthetic Chemicals in the Environment, The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry: Berlin, Springer-Verlag, v. 2P, p. 83-100.

Meyer, M.T., and Scribner, E.A., 2009,

The evolution of analytical technology and its impact on water-quality studies for selected herbicides and their degradation products in water (Chapter 13), in Ahuja, S., ed., Handbook of Water Purity and Quality: Amsterdam, Academic Press, p. 289-313, ISBN:978-0-12-374192-9.

Conference Proceedings Papers

Battaglin, W.A., Ulery, R., Welborn, T., and Winterstein, T., 2003,

Susceptibility of surface water in Texas to nonpoint source pesticide contamination, in Kolpin, D., and Williams, J.W., eds., AWRA 2003 Spring Specialty Conference: Agricultural Hydrology and Water Quality, Kansas City, Missouri, May 12-14, 2003: American Water Resources Association, p. on CD-ROM, TPS-03-1, ISBN:1-882132-61-0.

Hladik, M.L., and Kuivila, K.M., 2008,

Occurrence of pyrethroids in bed and suspended sediments in California, in Gan, J.J., Spurlock, F., Hendley, P., and Weston, D., eds., Synthetic Pyrethroids--Occurrence and Behavior in Aquatic Environments: ACS Symposium Series 991, p. 55-71.

Journal Articles

Battaglin, W., Drewes, J., Bruce, B., and McHugh, M., 2007,

Contaminants of emerging concern in the environment: Water Resources Impact, v. 9, no. 3, p. 3-4.

Battaglin, W., Sandstrom, M., Kuivila, K., Kolpin, D., and Meyer, M., 2011,

Occurrence of azoxystrobin, propiconazole, and selected other fungicides in US streams, 2005-2006: Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, v. 218, no. 1-4, p. 307-322, doi:10.1007/s11270-010-0643-2.

Battaglin, W.A., 2009,

Glypohosate and other pesticides in vernal pools and streams in parks: Park Science, v. 26, no. 2.

Battaglin, W.A., Kolpin, D.W., Scribner, E.A., Kuivila, K.M., and Sandstrom, M.W., 2005,

Glyphasate, other herbicides, and transformation products in midwestern streams, 2002: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 41, no. 2, p. 323-332, doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03738.x.

Battaglin, W.A., Rice, K.C., Focazio, M.J., Salmons, S., and Barry, R.X., 2009,

The occurrence of glyphosate, atrazine, and other pesticides in vernal pools and adjacent streams in Washington, DC, Maryland, Iowa, and Wyoming, 2005-2006: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, v. 155, no. 1-4, p. 281-307, doi:10.1007/s10661-008-0435-y.

Bidwell, J.R., Becker, C., Hensley, S., Stark, R., and Meyer, M.T., 2010,

Occurrence of organic wastewater and other contaminants in cave streams in Northeastern Oklahoma and Northwestern Arkansas: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 58, no. 2, p. 286-298, doi:10.1007/s00244-009-9388-6.

Boxall, A.B.A., Sinclair, C.J., Fenner, K., Kolpin, D., and Maund, S.J., 2004,

When synthetic chemicals degrade in the environment--What are the absolute fate, effects, and potential risks to humans and the ecosystem?: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 38, no. 19, p. 368A-375A, doi:10.1021/es040624v.

Brown, J.B., and Battaglin, W.A., 2007,

Striving for collaborative science and communication through the Consortium for Research and Education on Emerging Contaminants (CREEC): Water Resources Impact, v. 9, no. 3, p. 22-24.

Costanzo, S.D., Watkinson, A.J., Murby, E.J., Kolpin, D.W., and Sandstrom, M.W., 2007,

Is there a risk associated with the insect repellent DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide) commonly found inaquatic environments?: Science of the Total Environment, v. 384, no. 1-3, p. 214-220, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.05.036.

Coupe, R.H., Welch, H.L., Pell, A.B., and Thurman, E.M., 2005,

Herbicide and degradate flux in the Yazoo River Basin: International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, v. 85, no. 15, p. 1127-1140, doi:10.1080/03067310500273351.

Hladik, M.L., Domagalski, J.L., and Kuivila, K.M., 2009,

Concentrations and loads of suspended sediment-associated pesticides in the San Joaquin River, California and tributaries during storm events: Science of the Total Environment, v. 408, no. 2, p. 356-364, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.09.040.

Hladik, M.L., and Kuivila, K.M., 2009,

Assessing the occurrence and distribution of pyrethroids in water and suspended sediments: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, v. 57, no. 19, p. 9079-9085, doi:10.1021/jf9020448.

Hladik, M.L., and Kuivila, K.M., 2008,

Analysis of chlorothalonil and three degradates in sediment and soil: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, v. 56, no. 7, p. 2310-2314, doi:10.1021/jf703695s.

Hladik, M.L., Smalling, K.L., and Kuivila, K.M., 2008,

A multi-residue method for the analysis of pesticides and pesticide degradates in water using HLB solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography--ion trap mass spectrometry: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 80, no. 2, p. 139-144, doi:10.1007/s00128-007-9332-2.

Klein, C., Schneider, R.J., Meyer, M.T., and Aga, D.S., 2006,

Enantiomeric separation of metolachlor and its metabolites using LC-MS and CZE: Chemosphere, v. 62, no. 10, p. 1591-1599, doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.06.048.

Kolpin, D.W., Thurman, E.M., Lee, E.A., Meyer, M.T., Furlong, E.T., and Glassmeyer, S.T., 2006,

Urban contributions of glyphosate and its degradate AMPA to streams in the United States: Science of the Total Environment, v. 354, no. 2-3, p. 191-197, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.01.028.

Kuivila, K.M., and Hladik, M.L., 2008,

Understanding the occurrence and transport of current-use pesticides in the San Francisco Estuary watershed: San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, v. 6, no. 3, Article 2.

Kuivila, K.M., and Jennings, B.E., 2007,

Input, flux, and persistence of six select pesticides in San Francisco Bay: International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, v. 87, no. 13, p. 897-911, doi:10.1080/03067310701619014.

Meyer, M.T., Scribner, E.A., and Kalkhoff, S.J., 2007,

Comparison of fate and transport of isoxaflutole to atrazine and metolachlor in 10 Iowa rivers: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 41, no. 20, p. 6933-6939, doi:10.1021/es070903t.

Mills, P.C., Kolpin, D.W., Scribner, E.A., and Thurman, E.M., 2005,

Herbicides and degradates in shallow aquifers of Illinois - Spatial and temporal trends: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 41, no. 3, p. 537-547, doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03753.x.

Mishra, A., Ray, C., and Kolpin, D.W., 2004,

Use of qualitative and quantitative information in neural networks for assessing agricultural chemical contamination of domestic wells: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, v. 9, no. 6, p. 502-511, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2004)9:6(502).

Rebich, R.A., Coupe, R.H., and Thurman, E.M., 2004,

Herbicide concentrations in the Mississippi River Basin--the importance of chloroacetanilide herbicide degradates: The Science of the Total Environment, v. 321, no. 1-3, p. 189-199, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.09.006.

Reilly, T.J., Fishman, N.S., and Baehr, A.L., 2009,

Effect of grain-coating mineralogy on nitrate and sulfate storage in the unsaturated zone: Vadose Zone Journal, v. 8, no. 1, p. 75-85, doi:10.2136/vzj2008.0053.

Sandstrom, M.W., Kolpin, D.W., Thurman, E.M., and Zaugg, S.D., 2005,

Widespread detection of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide in U.S. streams--Comparison with concentrations of pesticides, personal care products, and other organic wastewater compounds: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 24, no. 5, p. 1029-1034, doi:10.1897/04-297R.1.

Smalling, K.L., and Kuivila, K.M., 2008,

Multi-residue method for the analysis of 85 current-use and legacy pesticides in bed and suspended sediments: Journal of Chromatography A, v. 1210, no. 1, p. 8-18, doi:10.1016/j.chroma.2008.09.023.

Smalling, K.L., Morgan, S., and Kuivila, K.K., 2010,

Accumulation of current-use and organochlorine pesticides in crab embryos from northern California, USA: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 29, no. 11, p. 2593-2599, doi:10.1002/etc.317.

Whitehead, A., Kuivila, K.M., Orlando, J.L., Kotelevtsev, S., and Anderson, S.L., 2004,

Genotoxicity in native fish associated with agricultural runoff events: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 32, no. 12, p. 2868-2877, doi:10.1897/03-649.1.

Williams, J.D., and Kolpin, D.W., 2005,

Current topics in agricultural hydrology and water quality--Introduction: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 41, p. 243-244.

Williams, S.L., Carranza, A., Kunzelman, J., Datta, S., and Kuivila, K.M., 2009,

Effects of the herbicide diuron on cordgrass (Spartina foliosa) reflectance and photosynthetic parameters: Estuaries and Coasts, v. 32, no. 1, p. 146-157, doi:10.1007/s12237-008-9114-z.

Worrall, F., and Kolpin, D.W., 2004,

Aquifer vulnerability to pesticide pollution - combining soil, land-use and aquifer properties with molecular descriptors: Journal of Hydrology, v. 293, no. 1-4, p. 191-204, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.01.013.

Worrall, F., and Kolpin, D.W., 2003,

Direct assessment of groundwater vulnerability from single observations of multiple contaminants: Water Resources Research, v. 39, no. 12, p. 1345-1352, 2002WR001212, doi:10.1029/2002WR001212.

Reports (non-USGS)

Hladik, M., 2007,

Methods development for the analysis of pyrethroid pesticides in environmental samples--Final Report for CALFED, Recipient Agreement No. ERP-02-P42: CALFED Final Report ERP-02-P42.

Reports (USGS)

Baker, N.T., Stone, W.W., Wilson, J.T., and Meyer, M.T., 2006,

Occurrence and transport of agricultural chemicals in Leary Weber Ditch Basin, Hancock County, Indiana, 2003-04: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5251, 44 p.

Battaglin, W.A., Kuivila, K., Winton, K., and Meyer, M., 2008,

Occurrence of chlorothalonil, its transformation products, and selected other pesticides in Texas and Oklahoma streams, 2003-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5016, 9 p.

Battaglin, W.A., Thurman, E.M., Kolpin, D.W., Scribner, E.A., Sandstrom, M.W., and Kuivila, K.M., 2003,

Work plan for determining the occurrence of glyphosate, its transformation product AMPA, other herbicide compounds, and antibiotics in midwestern United States streams, 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-69, 18 p.

Battaglin, W.A., Ulery, R.L., Winterstein, T., and Welborn, T., 2003,

Estimating the susceptibility of surface water in Texas to nonpoint-source contamination by use of logistic regression modeling: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4205, 24 p.

Boxall, A.B.A., Sinclair, C.J., and Kolpin, D.W., 2006,

Potential risks of pesticide degradates to aquatic life, in Gilliom, R.J., and others, eds., Pesticides in the nation's streams and ground water, 1992-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1291, p. 81-86.

Hladik, M.L., J.L., O., and Kuivila, K.M., 2009,

Collection of pyrethroids in water and sediment matrices--Development and validation of a standard operating procedure: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2009-5012, 22 p.

Hladik, M.L., Smalling, K.L., and Kuivila, K.M., 2009,

Methods of analysis--Determination of pyrethroid insecticides in water and sediment using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 5-C2, 18 p.

Meyer, M.T., Lee, E.A., and Scribner, E.A., 2007,

Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey Organic Geochemistry Research Group--Determination of dissolved isoxaflutole and its sequential degradation products, diketonitrile and benzoic acid, in water using solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 5, sec. A, chap. 9, 13 p.

Meyer, M.T., Loftin, K.A., Lee, E.A., Hinshaw, G.H., Dietze, J.E., and Scribner, E.A., 2009,

Determination of glyphosate, its degradation product aminomethylphosphonic acid, and glufosinate, in water by isotope dilution and online solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 5, chap. A10, 32 p.

Scribner, E.A., Battaglin, W.A., Dietze, J.E., and Thurman, E.M., 2003,

Reconnaissance data for glyphosate, other selected herbicides, their degradation products, and antibiotics in 51 streams in nine Midwestern States, 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-217, 101 p.

Scribner, E.A., Battaglin, W.A., Gilliom, R.J., and Meyer, M.T., 2007,

Concentrations of glyphosate, its degradation product, aminomethylphosphonic acid, and glufosinate in ground- and surface-water, rainfall, and soil samples collected in the United States, 2001-06: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5122, 112 p.

Scribner, E.A., Meyer, M.T., and Kalkhoff, S.J., 2006,

Occurrence of isoxaflutole, acetamide, and triazine herbicides and their degradation products in 10 Iowa rivers draining to the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5169, 84 p.

Scribner, E.A., Orlando, J., Battaglin, W.A., Sandstrom, M.W., Kuivila, K., and Meyer, M.T., 2006,

Results of analysis of the fungicide chlorothalonil, its degradation products, and other selected pesticides at 22 surface-water sites in five southern States, 2003-04: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1207, 59 p.

Scribner, E.A., Thurman, E.M., Goolsby, D.A., Meyer, M.T., Battaglin, W.A., and Kolpin, D.W., 2005,

Summary of significant results from studies of triazine herbicides and their degradation products in surface water, ground water, and precipitation in the midwestern United States during the 1990s: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5094, 33 p.

There are 50 publications in this section of the bibliography. The above list is sorted by publication type. There are 2 Books and Book Chapters, 2 Conference Proceedings Papers, 31 Journal Articles, 1 Reports (non-USGS), and 14 Reports (USGS)s in this section of the bibliography. The Toxics Bibliographic Data Base was last updated on 2/8/12.

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