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Degradability and Sediment Sorption of an Alcohol Polyglycol Ether Surfactant P...

Author(s): Fonseca, Júlio C. cv logo 1 ; Marques, João C. cv logo 2 ; Madeira, Vítor M. C. cv logo 3

Date: 2002

Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/7902

Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra


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This work reports studies of the degradation rates of a fattyalcohol polyglycol ether non-ionic surfactant, Genapol OXD-080, putatively useful for the control of red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii Girard) in rice fields under laboratory and field conditions. The influence of temperature,sediment site specificity and sorption were taken into account.The degradation kinetics of the surfactant depends on the experimental conditions: type of inocula and temperature. Thedistribution of this chemical in aquatic systems was also examined. Genapol OXD-080 was removed into the sedimentsreadily after application, and sorption was considered the majorpath of removal from the water phase. Data suggest that furtherstudies are required regarding the effects of Genapol OXD-080 in aquatic organisms resident in rice fields, in parallelwith the development of technologies related with the use ofsurfactants to control P. clarkii populations. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1014292201540
Document Type Article
Language English
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