SODIUM MONOFLUOROACETATE (1080) WATER-RESIDUE ANALYSIS AFTER LARGE-SCALE POSSUM CONTROL

Successful possum control operations were conducted in 1990, using aerially-sown sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) possum baits, at Waipoua (85% kill) and on Rangitoto Island (93% kill). In Waipoua Forest Sanctuary, streams and rivers were monitored for 4 months after 100 tonnes of 1080 possum baits w...

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Published in:New Zealand journal of ecology 1992-01, Vol.16 (1), p.47-49
Main Authors: EASON, C.T., WRIGHT, G.R., FITZGERALD, H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution
Forest ecology
Forest regeneration
Forest soils
Fresh water environment
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Groundwater
Opossums
Pest control baits
Poisoning in animals
Pollution
Rain
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Sodium
Sodium fluoroacetate
Soil microorganisms
Soil pollution
Streams
Water quality
Water samples
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Summary:Successful possum control operations were conducted in 1990, using aerially-sown sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) possum baits, at Waipoua (85% kill) and on Rangitoto Island (93% kill). In Waipoua Forest Sanctuary, streams and rivers were monitored for 4 months after 100 tonnes of 1080 possum baits were sown over 17 000 ha of forest. At Rangitoto Island, adjacent to Auckland, surface and ground water samples were analysed for 6 months after 20 tonnes of 1080 possum baits were sown over the 2300 ha island. No 1080 was detected in the streams and rivers of the Waipoua forest or in the surface or ground water of Rangitoto Island.
ISSN:0110-6465
1177-7788
1177-7788