Evaluating the potential health risks of heavy metal pollution in sediment and selected benthic fauna of Benin River, Southern Nigeria

Evaluating the potential health risks of heavy metal pollution in sediment and selected benthic fauna of Benin River, Southern Nigeria

Abstract The potential ecological and human health risk of heavy metal pollution in sediment and Benthic Fauna (Chrysichthys auratus and Tympanotonus fuscatus) of Benin River, Southern Nigeria, was evaluated. Three sampling sites associated with heavy anthropogenic activities along the course of the...

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Main Authors: Alex Enuneku, Osaretin Omoruyi, Isioma Tongo, Emmanuel Ogbomida, Ozekeke Ogbeide, Lawrence Ezemonye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-11-01
Series:Applied Water Science
Subjects:
Metal pollution
Health risk
Sediment
Fish
Periwinkle
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13201-018-0873-9

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