Fate of heavy metals in an urban natural wetland: The Nyabugogo swamp (Rwanda)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 214, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 321-333

  Sekomo, Christian B ^a,b   Nkuranga, Egide ^a,b   Rousseau, Diederik P L ^b   Lens, Piet N L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Cyperus papyrus; Heavy metal; Industrial pollution; Nyabugogo wetland

Indexed keywords

ALL METAL; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HUMAN HEALTH CONCERNS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; METAL ACCUMULATION; NATURAL WETLAND; NYABUGOGO WETLAND; PLANT SPECIES; THRESHOLD LEVELS; UNTREATED WASTEWATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COMPUTER SYSTEM FIREWALLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; HEAVY WATER; INDUSTRY; LEAD; METALS; POTABLE WATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SWAMP; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLARIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPERUS; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS; PLANT ROOT; RWANDA; SEDIMENT; SWAMP; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER STANDARD; WETLAND;

KIGALI; KIGALI CITY; NYABUGOGO SWAMP; RWANDA;

CLARIAS; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); OREOCHROMIS;

EID: 78650626987     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0426-9     Document Type: Article

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