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Triazine and other herbicides in sediments of lower Laurentian Great Lakes - pre- and post-depositional mobility and in-situ degradation.
Environmental pollution · · Journal Article
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Pre-depositional mobility of atrazine in sediments of Lakes Erie and Ontario reflects ongoing water input, complicating historical contamination assessments with a 12-core study.
- Why it matters: Understanding herbicide fate in Great Lakes sediments is crucial for accurate environmental monitoring and pollution history reconstruction, yet little is known about their transport and degradation.
- What they did: Researchers analyzed over 70 surface samples and 12 sediment cores from Lakes Erie and Ontario for atrazine, simazine, alachlor, and DEA, developing predictive models using multivariate regressions across five lakes.
- The result: Findings show atrazine’s accumulation and flux are influenced by water mobility, and post-depositional downward movement of herbicides, especially DEA, may hinder precise historical contamination analysis.
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