Concentrations of heavy metals and related trace elements in some Ethiopian rift-valley lakes and their in-flows

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 492, Issue , 2003, Pages 171-178

  Zinabu, G M ^a   Pearce, Nicholas J G ^b  

^a Debub University   (Ethiopia)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COLLOIDS; LEAD; POTABLE WATER; TRACE ELEMENTS;

WATER BODIES;

LAKES;

HEAVY METAL; LAKE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0042466721     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024856207478     Document Type: Article

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