title: Pesticide Behavior, Fate, and Effects in the Tropics: An Overview of the Current State of Knowledge.
abstract: This special issue presents a collection of papers covering the environmental fate, effects, and risk of pesticides in tropical environments, which is expected to facilitate improved management of pesticides. Environmental monitoring programs of surface and ground waters in the tropics, including areas of high ecological value, have detected several relatively polar pesticides at concentrations that are of ecological concern. Novel monitoring techniques have the capacity to reveal the spatial and temporal extent of such risks. To best manage these pesticides, their sorption, dissipation rates, leaching, and runoff potential need to be better understood. On these aspects, important insights have been provided by several studies within this issue. Improved understanding of the environmental fate, effects, and risks through studies presented in this special issue is crucial for minimizing the nontarget impacts of pesticides on biodiversity-rich tropical regions.
authors.affiliation: Catchment to Reef Research Group, TropWATER, James Cook University , Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia.
authors.forename: Stephen E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: Department of Natural Resources and Mines , Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia.|National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture, University of Southern Queensland , Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia.
authors.forename: D Mark
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Silburn
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Land and Water/University of Adelaide , Waite Campus, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia.
authors.forename: Rai S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kookana
authors.affiliation: Department of Natural Resources and Mines , Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical