Sediment quality status of two creeks in the upper bonny estuary, Niger Delta, in relation to urban/industrial activities

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 515-521

  Daka, Erema R ^a   Moslen, Miebaka ^a   Ekeh, Calista A ^a   Ekweozor, I K E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Estuary; Heavy metals; Hydrocarbons; Niger Delta; Organic carbon

Indexed keywords

NIGER DELTA; SEDIMENT QUALITY;

HEAVY METALS; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC CARBON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS;

ESTUARIES;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HYDROCARBON; IRON; LEAD; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESTUARY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NIGERIA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NIGER; PARTICLE SIZE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34548017027     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9151-5     Document Type: Article

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