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  • Degradability and sediment sorption of an alcohol polyglycol ether surfactant putatively useful for the control of red swamp crayfish in rice fields.

Degradability and sediment sorption of an alcohol polyglycol ether surfactant putatively useful for the control of red swamp crayfish in rice fields.

Environmental monitoring and assessment (2005-05-20)
Júlio C Fonseca, João C Marques, Vítor M C Madeira
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This work reports studies of the degradation rates of a fatty alcohol 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. The distribution of this chemical in aquatic systems was also examined. Genapol OXD-080 was removed into the sediments readily after application, and sorption was considered the major path of removal from the water phase. Data suggest that further studies are required regarding the effects of Genapol OXD-080 in aquatic organisms resident in rice fields, in parallel with the development of technologies related with the use of surfactants to control P. clarkii populations.

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Genapol® X-080
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Genapol® X-100