Floating Treatment Wetlands Receiving Pesticide Mixtures
Significance:
Neonicotinoid pesticides are ubiquitous in both urban and agricultural streams
Cause paralysis and death to non-target organisms, such as honeybees, through photo-transformation resulting in highly toxic byproducts
Objective:
Evaluate the implications of pesticides on nitrogen removal and pesticide toxic byproduct formation in floating treatment wetlands
Hypothesis:
Floating treatment wetlands will remove insecticides will limit nitrogen removal.
Preliminary Conclusions:
Pesticides added to floating treatment wetlands have the potential to be removed and enhance nitrate removal.
Funded: NSF EPSCoR and Daughtery Water for Food Institute
Publication: In Prep
Graduate Student: Julia Lindgren