Urban mosquitoes and filamentous green algae: their biomonitoring role in heavy metal pollution in open drainage channels in Nairobi industrial area, Kenya

Abstract Background Industrial wastewater is a human health hazard upon exposure. Aquatic organisms in contaminated wastewater may accumulate the toxic elements with time. Human population living in informal settlements in Nairobi industrial area risk exposure to such toxic elements. Biomonitoring u...

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Main Authors: Geoffrey Kariuki Kinuthia, Veronica Ngure, Luna Kamau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:BMC Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01913-7