Analytical Methods

This section provides references for the determination of rotenone concentrations in water and other media.

Bushway, R.  1984.  Modification of liquid chromatographic method for analysis of rotenone formulations.  Journal – Association of Official Analytical Chemists 67(3):490-491.  Read the entire article here: Bushway 1984

Dawson, V., P. Harman and D. Schultz.  1983.  Rapid method for measuring rotenone in water at piscicidal concentrations.  Transactions American Fisheries Society 112:725-727.  Read entire article here: Dawson et al. 1983

Dawson, V., and J. Allen.  1988.  Liquid chromatographic determination of rotenone in fish, crayfish, mussels, and sediments.  Journal – Association of Official Analytical Chemists 71(6):1094-1096.  Read the entire article here: Dawson and Allen 1988

Draper, W., J. Dhoot and K. Perera.  1999.  Determination of rotenoids and piperonyl butoxide in water, sediments and piscicide formulations.  Royal Society of Chemistry 1:519-524.  Read entire article here: Draper et al. 1999

Kobayashi, H., O. Matano, and S. Goto.  1980.  Determination of rotenoids in soil and crops by high-performance liquid chromatography.  Journal of Pesticide Science 5:89-92.  Read entire article here: Kobayashi et al. 1980

McCown, S.  1984.  Determination of rotenone and rotenonone in fresh water by HPLC.  High Performance Liquid Chromatography Magazine 2(4):318-319.  Read the entire article here: McCown 1984

Sandvik, M., T. Waaler, T. Rundberget, P. Adolfsen, H. Bardal and R. Sandodden.  2018.  Fast and accurate on-site determination of rotenone in water during fish control treatments using liquid chromatography.  Management of Biological Invasions 9(1):59-65.  Read entire article here: MBI_2018_Sandvik_etal

Warner, J., T.  Engel and P. Mondron.  1985.  Determination of rotenone in industrial and municipal wastewaters, EPA/600/4-85-023.  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH.  Read entire article here: Warner et al 1985