Levels of total mercury in different fish species and sediments from the upper volta basin at yeji in Ghana

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-409

  Kwaansa Ansah, E E ^a   Agorku, S E ^a   Nriagu, J O ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic mercury analyzer; Fish muscle; Ghana; Mercury; Sediments; Upper Volta Basin; Yeji

Indexed keywords

FISH MUSCLE; GHANA; MERCURY; MERCURY ANALYZERS; UPPER VOLTA BASIN; YEJI;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FISH; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

MERCURY (METAL);

FRESH WATER; MERCURY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; GHANA; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; SEDIMENT; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GHANA; MERCURY; MUSCLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BAGRUS DOCMAC; CHRYSICHTHYS NIGRODIGITATUS; GNATHONEMUS; SYNODONTIS;

EID: 79955878370     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0214-2     Document Type: Article

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