Assessment of heavy metals in Clarins buthopogon (fish) parts and Nymphaea lotus (aquatic plant) in River Niger, Delta State of Nigeria

Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 333-337

  Nwajei, G E ^a   Oruvwuje, J U ^a  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Fish; Industrial pollutants; Metal accumulation; River Niger; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842634488     PISSN: 00309885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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