Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in the tissue of the Clam Galatea paradoxa and sediments from the volta estuary, Ghana

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 533-540

  Adjei Boateng, D ^a   Obirikorang, K A ^a   Amisah, S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Galatea paradoxa; Heavy metals; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; IRON; MANGANESE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT POLLUTION; ZINC;

GHANA; VOLTA;

BIVALVIA; GALATEA PARADOXA;

EID: 77955485036     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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