000000435 001__ 435 000000435 005__ 20180208225137.0 000000435 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.1023/A:1016325527709 000000435 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000176868300002 000000435 037__ $$aPreJuSER-435 000000435 041__ $$aeng 000000435 082__ $$a610 000000435 084__ $$2WoS$$aBiotechnology & Applied Microbiology 000000435 1001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)129545$$aTappe, W.$$b0$$uFZJ 000000435 245__ $$aDiffuse atrazine pollution in German aquifers 000000435 260__ $$aDordrecht$$bSpringer Science + Business Media B.V$$c2002 000000435 300__ $$a3 - 10 000000435 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article 000000435 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000000435 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000000435 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000000435 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000000435 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000000435 440_0 $$0819$$aBiodegradation$$v13$$x0923-9820 000000435 500__ $$aRecord converted from VDB: 12.11.2012 000000435 520__ $$aUntil its prohibition in Germany in 1991, atrazine was the most frequently applied herbicide in maize cultivation. Moreover, it was used in orchards and vineyards and as a total herbicide on non-cultivated grounds (railways, factory grounds). Later on, atrazine was substituted mainly by terbutylazine. Terbutylazine and terbutryn are the only s-triazines presently permitted in Germany. Nevertheless, atrazine and its metabolite desethylatrazine are by far the most abundant herbicides detected in near surface groundwater. This might be due to wash-outs from the pools of atrazine and its metabolites from the soil into the groundwater or continuing illegal applications. Samples taken from maize fields in 1994 showed that 6.2% of 471 fields tested were treated with atrazine despite the prohibition of its use. Nevertheless, the overall trend is in fact a slow decrease in atrazine concentrations where it is detected in groundwater and, simultaneously often a slight increase in desethylatrazine concentrations. But this is not the case for all sampling points, and increasing concentrations in several aquifers are observed as well. Factors governing the adsorption, degradation, persistence and the possible transfer into the aquifer and the current situation concerning atrazine occurrence in German aquifers will be discussed. 000000435 536__ $$0G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK257$$2G:(DE-HGF)$$aChemie und Dynamik der Geo-Biosphäre$$cU01$$x0 000000435 588__ $$aDataset connected to Web of Science 000000435 650_7 $$2WoSType$$aJ 000000435 65320 $$2Author$$aatrazine 000000435 65320 $$2Author$$apollution 000000435 65320 $$2Author$$aaquifer 000000435 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)129462$$aGroeneweg, J.$$b1$$uFZJ 000000435 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)VDB4024$$aJantsch, B.$$b2$$uFZJ 000000435 773__ $$0PERI:(DE-600)2000781-4$$a10.1023/A:1016325527709$$gVol. 13, p. 3 - 10$$p3 - 10$$q13<3 - 10$$tBiodegradation$$v13$$x0923-9820$$y2002 000000435 909CO $$ooai:juser.fz-juelich.de:435$$pVDB 000000435 9131_ $$0G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK257$$bEnvironment (Umwelt)$$kU01$$lChemie und Dynamik der Geo-Biosphäre$$vChemie und Dynamik der Geo-Biosphäre$$x0 000000435 9141_ $$y2002 000000435 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0010$$aJCR/ISI refereed 000000435 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)VDB50$$d31.12.2006$$gICG$$kICG-IV$$lAgrosphäre$$x0 000000435 970__ $$aVDB:(DE-Juel1)10086 000000435 980__ $$aVDB 000000435 980__ $$aConvertedRecord 000000435 980__ $$ajournal 000000435 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118 000000435 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED 000000435 981__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118