Distribution of hydrocarbons and heavy metals in sediment and a crustacean (shrimps - Penaeus notialis) from the Bonny/New Calabar River Estuary, Niger Delta

African Journal of Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 9, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-17

  Chindah, Alex Chuks ^a   Braide, Amabaraye Solomon ^a   Sibeudu, Onyebuchi Cordelia ^b  

^a RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b Nigeria National Petroluem Corporation   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation New Calabar River; Heavy metals; Niger Delta; Sediment; Shrimp; Total hydrocarbon

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS NOTIALIS;

EID: 27644485148     PISSN: 14367890     EISSN: 14367890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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