Spartial and seasonal variations in concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water and sediment of Kisumu city bay of Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria-Kenya

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 734-741

  Kwach, Bowa O ^a   Lalah, Joseph O ^a   Shem, Wandiga O ^b  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Car wash; Kisat; Lake Victoria; PAHs; Pollution; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CAR WASH; CONCENTRATION VARIATION; DRY SEASONS; DRY WEIGHT; KISAT; LAKE VICTORIA; PAHS; PRIORITY POLLUTANTS; RAINY SEASONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTS AND WATERS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; WINAM GULF;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DROUGHT; LAKES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER ANALYSIS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; GULF STREAM; KENYA; LAKE; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KENYA; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70349972388     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9830-5     Document Type: Article

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