Interseasonal distribution and partitioning of heavy metals in subtidal sediment of Qua Iboe Estuary and associated Creeks, Niger Delta (Nigeria)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 253-265

  Benson, Nsikak U ^a   Udosen, Essien D ^b   Akpabio, Otobong ^b  

^a Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chemical speciation; Estuary; Heavy metals; Niger Delta; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; COPPER; EXTRACTION; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; METALS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTORESISTS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SMELTING;

CHEMICAL FORMS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; ESTUARY; ICP-AES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SPECTROMETER; METAL CONTAMINATION; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; ORGANIC MATTER; RESIDUAL FRACTIONS; SELECTED METALS; SEQUENTIAL CHEMICAL EXTRACTION; SUBTIDAL SEDIMENTS;

METAL RECOVERY;

CADMIUM; CARBONIC ACID; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL EXTRACTION; NIGERIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; NIGERIA;

AFRICA; AKWA IBOM; NIGERIA; QUA IBOE ESTUARY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 53649085152     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0077-5     Document Type: Article

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