Metal accumulation in two crab species from the Woji Creek (Nigeria) and human health risk assessment due to crab consumption: Callinectes sapidus and Cardisoma armatum

This study evaluates the concentrations of Cd, Cr, Pb, Ni, As and Cu in water, sediment and tissues (gill, muscle, hepatopancreas) of two crab species (Callinectes sapidus and Cardisoma armatum) collected from the Woji Creek in Niger Delta, Nigeria. As well as the health risk of consuming the crabs...

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Main Authors: Owhonda Chikeru Ihunwo, Millicent Uzoamaka Ibezim-Ezeani, Amir Reza Shahabinia, Mark Obinna Onyema, Prince Chinedu Mmom, Estefanía Bonnail
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2022-01-01
Series:Watershed Ecology and the Environment
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589471422000146