Environmental fate of amitrole: influence of dissolved organic matter |
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Authors: | Oesterreich Klaus Volk Neidhart Spiteller |
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Institution: | University of Kassel, Department of Ecological Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Witzenhausen, Germany. |
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Abstract: | In this study the environmental fate of amitrole in terrestrial and aquatic model ecosystems was investigated. Under aerobic conditions mineralization of amitrole is the main degradation pathway. The experiments revealed that the leaching behaviour is low in the presence or the absence of dissolved organic matter (DOM) despite the high water solubility due to a strong binding of amitrole to soil constituents. Under anaerobic conditions the addition of DOM increases the transport of amitrole in soil columns. The tests with water/sediment model ecosystems showed that the mineralization of amitrole is lower in comparison to aerobic soil experiments. Up to 80.6% of the applied 14C-labelled amitrole transfer into the sediment and about 1/3 of this amount formed bound residues, which are not extractable. |
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