Speciation of selected trace elements in three ethiopian rift valley lakes (koka, ziway, and awassa) and their major inflows

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3955-3970

  Masresha, Alemayehu E ^a,b   Skipperud, Lindis ^a   Rosseland, Bjørn Olav ^a   G M , Zinabu ^b,c   Meland, Sondre ^d   Teien, Hans Christian ^a   Salbu, Brit ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Higher Education Strategy Center (HESC)   (Ethiopia)

^d NORWEGIAN PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

At site fractionation; Dry season; Environmental impact; Ethiopian Rift Valley Lakes; Inflows; Trace element

Indexed keywords

AT-SITE FRACTIONATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COLLOIDAL FRACTIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRY AND WET; DRY SEASONS; ELEMENT SPECIES; ETHIOPIAN RIFT VALLEY; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH MOLECULAR MASS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INFLOWS; LOW MOLECULAR MASS; TRACE ELEMENT SPECIATION; WATERBODIES; WET SEASON;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAKES; LANDFORMS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MOLECULAR MASS; ORGANIC CARBON; SELENIUM; WATER RESOURCES; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DRY SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAKE WATER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRACE ELEMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AWASSA LAKE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ETHIOPIA; FLOODING; FRACTIONATION; KOKA LAKE; LAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ZIWAY LAKE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHIOPIA; LAKES; METALS, HEAVY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIAN RIFT;

BISCHOFIA JAVANICA;

EID: 80051795851     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.051     Document Type: Article

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