Impacts of natural and anthropogenic multiple sources of pollution on the environmental conditions of Ondo State coastal water, Nigeria

Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2797-2811

  Adebowale, K O ^a   Agunbiade, F O ^a   Olu Owolabi, B I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; Metals; Ondo Coast; PCA; Pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749160093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15794377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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