Mercury in fish from three rift valley lakes (Turkana, Naivasha and Baringo), Kenya, East Africa

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 281-286

  Campbell, L M ^a,c   Osano, O ^b   Hecky, R E ^a   Dixon, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Freshwater fish; Mercury; Nile perch; Nile tilapia

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL);

PISCIVORES; TROPHIC POSITION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

MERCURY; FRESH WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; HEAVY METAL; LAKE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRAYFISH; DIET; FISH; INSECTIVORE; LAKE; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORY; PERCH; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPECIES COMPARISON; TILAPIA; ANIMAL; BIOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KENYA; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KENYA; LAKE BARINGO; LAKE NAIVASHA; LAKE TURKANA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ASTACOIDEA; CLARIAS; HYDROCYNUS; LABEO; LATES NILOTICUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PERCIFORMES; PROTOPTERUS; TILAPIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; KENYA; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0141958515     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00053-8     Document Type: Article

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