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| Title: | Levels of Cadmium and Lead in Water, Sediments and Selected Fish Species in Mombasa, Kenya |
| Authors: | Mwashote, B.M. |
| ASFA Terms: | Pollution surveys
Minerals |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Publisher: | WIOMSA |
| Citation: | Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci., 2 (1), p. 25-34 |
| Abstract: | Flame absorption spectrophotometry was used to investigate the concentration and
distribution of cadmium and lead in water, sediments and selected fish species in Makupa and
Tudor creeks in Mombasa, Kenya between May 1997 and March 1998. The results were
compared with those obtained in relatively less anthropogenically influenced areas along the
Kenyan coast.
The mean concentrations for Pb ranged from not detectable (nd) to 0.012 mg/l, 0.2 to 58.0
mg/kg and nd to 59.3 mg/kg in water, sediment and fish samples respectively. Cadmium
concentrations in water were generally below detection limits, while in sediment and fish
samples, they ranged from nd to 1.0 mg/kg and nd to 3.7 mg/kg respectively. Overall, Pb and
Cd concentrations were low in the water column of Makupa and Tudor creeks, with a few
incidents of elevated levels in sediments and some fish species, especially during the rainy
season. Makupa creek had the higher levels overall. The levels of Pb and Cd in most of the fish
species analysed were generally within acceptable limits by FAO standards. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/967 |
| ISSN: | 0856-860X |
| Appears in Collections: | Miscellaneous
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