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Aquatic plants for removal of mevinphos from the aquatic environment
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Wolverton, B. C. |
| Copyright Year | 1975 |
| Description | Fragrant waterlily (Nymphaea odorata, Ait.), joint-grass (Paspalum distichum L.), and rush (Juncus repens, Michx.) were used to evaluate the effectiveness of vascular aquatic plants in removing the insecticide mevinphos (dimethyl-1-carbomethoxy-1propen-2-yl phosphate) from waters contaminated with this chemical. The emersed aquatic plants fragrant waterlily and joint-grass removed 87 and 93 ppm of mevinphos from water test systems in less than 2 weeks without apparent damage to the plants; whereas rush, a submersed plant, removed less insecticide than the water-soil controls. Water-soil control still contained toxic levels of this insecticide, as demonstrated by fish bioassay studies, after 35 days. |
| File Size | 259515 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19750008134 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t10p5tx3b |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1975-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Biological Effects Bioassay Plants Botany Fishes Plant Roots Pesticides Ecology Water Pollution Grasses Environmental Monitoring Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
