Pesticides in Surface Water, Sediment, and Rainfall of the Northeastern Pantanal Basin, Brazil
Volker Laabs*,a,d,
Wulf Amelunga,
Alicio A. Pintob,
Matthias Wantzenc,
Carolina J. da Silvab and
Wolfgang Zecha
a Institute of Soil Science and Soil Geography, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
b Projeto Ecologia do Gran Pantanal, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, 78090-000 Cuiabá, MT, Brazil
c Max-Planck Institute of Limnology, Tropical Ecology Working Group, D-24302 Plön, Germany
d Covance Laboratories GmbH, Kesselfeld 29, 48163 Münster, Germany

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Fig. 1. Study area with sampling locations (S, streams; R, rivers; P, precipitation).
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Fig. 2. Concentrations of selected pesticides and metabolites in stream water at Site S2.
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Fig. 3. Concentrations of selected pesticides and metabolites in river water at Site R1.
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Fig. 4. Precipitation and concentrations of selected pesticides and metabolites in rainwater at Site P1.
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Fig. 5. Precipitation and concentrations of selected pesticides and metabolites in rainwater at Site P2.
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