Irene Navarro, Adrián de la Torre, Paloma Sanz, Nelson Abrantes, Isabel Campos, Abdallah Alaoui, Florian Christ, Francisco Alcon, Josefina Contreras, Matjaž Glavan, Igor Pasković, Marija Polić Pasković, Trine Nørgaard, Daniele Mandrioli, Daria Sgargi, Jakub Hofman, Virginia Aparicio, Isabelle Baldi, Mathilde Bureau, Anne Vested, Paula Harkes, Esperanza Huerta-Lwanga, Hans Mol, Violette Geissen, Vera Silva, María Ángeles Martínez
Freshwater ecosystems face a particularly high risk of biodiversity loss compared to marine and terrestrial systems. The use of pesticides in agricultural fields is recognized as a relevant stressor for freshwater environments, exerting a negative impact worldwide on the overall status and health of the freshwater communities. In the present work, part of the Horizon 2020 funded SPRINT project, the occurrence of 193 pesticide residues was investigated in 64 small water bodies of distinct typology (creeks, streams, channels, ditches, rivers, lakes, ponds and reservoirs), located in regions with high agricultural activity in 10 European countries and in Argentina...
March 7, 2024: Water Research