Heavy metal accumulation in Littoraria scabra along polluted and pristine mangrove areas of Tanzania

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 636-643

  De Wolf, H ^a   Rashid, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dar es Salaam; Heavy metals; Littoraria scabra; Mangrove; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; HEAVY METALS; MORPHOLOGY; POLLUTION CONTROL; TISSUE;

DAR ES SALAAM; LITTORARIA SCABRA; MANGROVE; ZANZIBAR;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

HEAVY METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; GASTROPOD; HEAVY METAL; MANGROVE; MORPHOLOGY; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROPOD; LITTORARIA SCABRA; MANGROVE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NONHUMAN; TANZANIA; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GASTROPODA; METALS, HEAVY; TANZANIA; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WETLANDS;

AFRICA; DAR ES SALAAM [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

LITTORARIA SCABRA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 41149085103     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.06.064     Document Type: Article

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