Persistent organochlorine pesticide residues in fish, sediments and water from Lake Bosomtwi, Ghana

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-24

  Darko, Godfred ^a   Akoto, Osei ^a   Oppong, Caleb ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Fish; Gas chromatography; Organochlorine; Pesticides; Sediments; Water

Indexed keywords

FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PESTICIDES; SEDIMENTS;

ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTOR; ORGANOCHLORINE;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

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

FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PESTICIDES; SEDIMENTS;

BIOACCUMULATION; CICHLID; DDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKE WATER; PERSISTENCE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GHANA; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TILAPIA; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GHANA; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AFRICA; ASHANTI; GHANA; LAKE BOSUMTWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

TILAPIA; TILAPIA ZILLII;

EID: 42749084716     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.02.052     Document Type: Article

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