Total mercury levels in nine species of freshwater fish from two hydroelectric reservoirs and a crater lake in Ghana

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 383-389

  Agorku, E S ^a   Voegborlo, R B ^a   Adimado, A A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Akosombo; Crater lake; Fish; Ghana; Kpong; Lake Bosomtwi; Mercury; Reservoirs

Indexed keywords

AKOSOMBO; CRATER LAKE; GHANA; KPONG; MERCURY; RESERVOIRS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; FISH; LAKES; MEATS; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

LAKE POLLUTION;

CHLORATE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MERCURY; NITRIC ACID; PERCHLORIC ACID; SULFURIC ACID;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; FISH; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR;

ANALYZER; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRESHWATER FISH; GHANA; HYDROPOWER; LAKE; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; WATER POLLUTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GHANA; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AFRICA; ASHANTI; EASTERN REGION [GHANA]; GHANA; KPONG RESERVOIR; LAKE BOSUMTWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 67349184347     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0365-8     Document Type: Article

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