Occurrence of Pesticides Associated with an Agricultural Drainage System in a Mediterranean Environment
<p>Descriptive maps of the study area: (<b>upper</b>) location of the study area showing the main populated areas (e.g., Almoradí); the digital elevation model (DEM), main water courses (natural and artificial, e.g., azarbes, which is the drainage network) and the location of the sampling points. (<b>Lower</b>) agricultural land covers at the study area; irrigation channels associated to each river are shown with different colors.</p> "> Figure 2
<p>Getis–Ord <math display="inline"><semantics> <mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <msubsup> <mi>G</mi> <mi>i</mi> <mo>*</mo> </msubsup> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mrow> </semantics></math> statistic results for: (<b>a</b>) pH; (<b>b</b>) EC; (<b>c</b>) TSS; (<b>d</b>) nitrates; (<b>e</b>) DDT–DDE; and (<b>f</b>) glyphosate. Red triangles represent high–high clusters (hotspots), blue circles represent low–low clusters (cold spots), and yellow dots represent non-significant points. The hotspot area of DDT is highlighted with a red ellipse (<b>e</b>).</p> "> Figure 3
<p>Box plots of the water quality parameters. The <span class="html-italic">x</span>-axis categories were obtained from the Getis–Ord <math display="inline"><semantics> <mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <msubsup> <mi>G</mi> <mi>i</mi> <mo>*</mo> </msubsup> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mrow> </semantics></math> statistic results. Dashed brown lines represent the mean values of each water quality parameter. The color code of the boxplots is the same of the Getis–Ord maps. Different letters above the boxplots denote subgroups, according to Dunn’s test post hoc analysis.</p> ">
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Water Samples Analyses
2.2. Statistical Methods
3. Results
Spatial Analyses
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Min. | Max. | Mean | SD | RSD (%) | Shapiro–Wilk |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pH | 7.4 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.345 |
EC (mS/cm) | 2.30 | 18.16 | 5.63 | 3.07 | 54.6 | <0.001 |
TSS (mg/L) | 2.40 | 538.80 | 68.76 | 73.70 | 107.2 | <0.001 |
Nitrates (mg/L) | 0.54 | 49.87 | 22.13 | 13.34 | 60.3 | 0.024 |
DDT–DDE (µg/L) | 0.70 | 6.53 | 1.45 | 0.87 | 60.2 | <0.001 |
Glyphosate (µg/L) | 0.12 | 6.24 | 2.04 | 1.32 | 64.6 | 0.004 |
pH | EC | TSS | Nitrates | DDT–DDE | Glyphosate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pH | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
EC | −0.455 *** | 1 | - | - | - | - |
TSS | −0.077 | 0.248 * | 1 | - | - | - |
Nitrates | 0.053 | −0.185 | −0.298 ** | 1 | - | - |
DDT–DDE | −0.194 | 0.392 ** | 0.011 | −0.154 | 1 | - |
Glyphosate | 0.398 *** | −0.563 *** | −0.121 | 0.227 | −0.420 *** | 1 |
Variables | Distance for Autocorrelation = 0 | Moran’s I | |
---|---|---|---|
pH | 3412 m | 0.100 | 0.005 ** |
EC | 4546 m | 0.171 | <0.001 *** |
TSS | 2509 m | 0.033 | 0.074 n.s. |
Nitrates | 4497 m | 0.295 | 0.002 ** |
DDT–DDE | 3810 m | 0.193 | 0.009 ** |
Glyphosate | 2133 m | 0.114 | 0.795 n.s. |
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Melendez-Pastor, I.; Hernández, E.I.; Navarro-Pedreño, J.; Almendro-Candel, M.B.; Gómez Lucas, I.; Jordán Vidal, M.M. Occurrence of Pesticides Associated with an Agricultural Drainage System in a Mediterranean Environment. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 10212. https://doi.org/10.3390/app112110212
Melendez-Pastor I, Hernández EI, Navarro-Pedreño J, Almendro-Candel MB, Gómez Lucas I, Jordán Vidal MM. Occurrence of Pesticides Associated with an Agricultural Drainage System in a Mediterranean Environment. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(21):10212. https://doi.org/10.3390/app112110212
Chicago/Turabian StyleMelendez-Pastor, Ignacio, Encarni I. Hernández, Jose Navarro-Pedreño, María Belén Almendro-Candel, Ignacio Gómez Lucas, and Manuel Miguel Jordán Vidal. 2021. "Occurrence of Pesticides Associated with an Agricultural Drainage System in a Mediterranean Environment" Applied Sciences 11, no. 21: 10212. https://doi.org/10.3390/app112110212