Total Mercury in Fish, Sediments and Soil from the River Pra Basin, Southwestern Ghana

Total Mercury (Hg) concentrations were determined in soil, river sediments and six (6) species of fish from the River Pra Basin in southwestern Ghana by Cold Vapour Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Mercury concentration (μg g −1 ) ranged from 0.042 to 0.145 for soil: from 0.390 to 0.707 for sediments...

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Published in:Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2010-09, Vol.85 (3), p.324-329
Main Authors: Oppong, S. O. B., Voegborlo, R. B., Agorku, S. E., Adimado, A. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Aquatic Pollution
Atomic absorption spectroscopy
Bioaccumulation
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental Monitoring
Fish
Fishes - metabolism
Fluvial sediments
Freshwater
Geologic Sediments - chemistry
Ghana
Mercury
Mercury - analysis
Mercury - metabolism
Pollution
Rivers
Rivers - chemistry
Sediment samplers
Sediments
Soil Pollutants - analysis
Soil Science & Conservation
Spectral analysis
Spectrometry
Waste Water Technology
Water analysis
Water Management
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
Water pollution
Water Pollution Control
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Summary:Total Mercury (Hg) concentrations were determined in soil, river sediments and six (6) species of fish from the River Pra Basin in southwestern Ghana by Cold Vapour Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Mercury concentration (μg g −1 ) ranged from 0.042 to 0.145 for soil: from 0.390 to 0.707 for sediments and from
ISSN:0007-4861
1432-0800
DOI:10.1007/s00128-010-0059-0