Trace metal concentrations in water, sediments and fish tissue from Lake Tanganyika

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 299, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 115-121

  Chale, F M M ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Alestes sp.; Chrystysts spp.; Lake Tanganyika; Lates marie; Lates stappersii; Limnothrissa miodon; Mutela spekei; Raiamas moorie; Stolothrissa tanganicae; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; SEDIMENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER;

FISHING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; TRACE METAL; WATER; ZINC;

FISH; LAKE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE METAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; LAKE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; TUBE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MOLLUSCA; PUBLIC HEALTH; TANZANIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

AFRICA;

ALESTES; ALESTES SP.; BIVALVIA; CLUPEIDAE; LATES; LIMNOTHRISSA; LIMNOTHRISSA MIODON; LIMNOTHRISSA STAPPERSII; MUTELA; RAIAMAS; STOLOTHRISSA TANGANICAE;

EID: 0036840692     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00252-8     Document Type: Article

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