Heavy Metals and Organochlorine Residues in Water, Sediments, and Fish in Aquatic Ecosystems in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas in Tanzania

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 203, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 369-379

  Mdegela, R H ^a   Braathen, M ^b   Pereka, A E ^a   Mosha, R D ^a   Sandvik, M ^c   Skaare, J U ^b,c  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clarias gariepinus; Heavy metals; Macrobrachium rude; Mindu Dam; Oreochromis urolepis; Organochlorines

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SYSTEM FIREWALLS; FISH; HEAVY METALS; PESTICIDES; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SHELLFISH; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; MACROBRACHIUM RUDE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION; OREOCHROMIS UROLEPIS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINES; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALPHA HEXACHLOCYCHLOHEXANE; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LEAD; MERCURY; MITOTANE; NONACHLORDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM RUDE; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS UROLEPIS; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SHRIMP; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; MACROBRACHIUM RUDE; OREOCHROMIS UROLEPIS; OREOCHROMIS UROLEPIS HORNORUM;

EID: 85014475008     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0019-7     Document Type: Article

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