文档介绍：Reviews of
Environmental Contamination
and Toxicology
VOLUME 216
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Aquatic Life Water
Quality Criteria for
Selected Pesticides
Editor
Ronald S. Tjeerdema
VOLUME 216
Editor
Ronald S. Tjeerdema
Department of Environmental Toxicology
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
University of California
Davis, CA, USA
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Special Foreword
California’s Central Valley has been a leader in agricultural productivity since it
was first settled by European immigrants in the eenth century. Drained by both
the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Systems, its fertile farmlands represent the
most productive region in the USA today. Key to that productivity is the use of
modern agrochemicals, including fertilizers and pest control agents. However,
while enormously useful as tools, they also present th