Seasonal variation in concentrations of organochlorine pesticide residues in tropical estuarine sediments along the Indian Ocean Coast of Kenya

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1979-1984

  Barasa, Maurice W ^a   Wandiga, Shem O ^b   Lalah, Joseph O ^c  

^a Western University College of Science and Technology   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALDRIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ESTUARY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIAN OCEAN; KENYA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDIAN OCEAN; KENYA; PESTICIDES; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36549002662     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.09.028     Document Type: Article

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