First evidence of microplastics in the African Great Lakes: Recovery from Lake Victoria Nile perch and Nile tilapia

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 146-149

  Biginagwa, Fares John ^a,b   Mayoma, Bahati Sosthenes ^a,c   Shashoua, Yvonne ^d   Syberg, Kristian ^a   Khan, Farhan R ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c Mtwara District Council   (Tanzania)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ATR FTIR analysis; East Africa; Lake Victoria; Lates niloticus; Oreochromis niloticus; Plastic ingestion

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; FISH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERSATURATION;

ATR FTIR; EAST AFRICA; LAKE VICTORIA; LATES NILOTICUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

LAKES;

LATES NILOTICUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 84958046022     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2015.10.012     Document Type: Article

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