Heavy metals in mosquito larval habitats in urban Kisumu and Malindi, Kenya, and their impact

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 147-153

  Mireji, Paul O ^a,b   Keating, Joseph ^c   Hassanali, Ahmed ^b   Mbogo, Charles M ^d   Nyambaka, Hudson ^a   Kahindi, Samuel ^d   Beier, John C ^e  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Human made habitats; Larval habitats; Mosquitoes; Natural habitats; Strata; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ADAPTATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HABITAT QUALITY; HEAVY METAL; LARVA; MOSQUITO; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

ADAPTATION; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE CARRIER; HABITAT; KENYA; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CITIES; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KENYA; LARVA; METALS, HEAVY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AFRICA; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; KILIFI; KISUMU; MALINDI; NYANZA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 40949133494     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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