Heavy metal concentration in fluted pumpkin and earthworm from roadside and dumpsite farms in Port Harcourt City, Nigeria

Autor:	E J Odukoya, E O Akeredolu, U D Ukwa, O G Adams
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Cadmium biology Soil test Earthworm chemistry.chemical_element Bioconcentration Zinc biology.organism_classification Metal Animal science chemistry Bioaccumulation visual_art visual_art.visual_art_medium Environmental science Port harcourt
Zdroj:	NIGERIAN ANNALS OF PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES. 1:130-136
ISSN:	2705-3997 2682-6623
Popis:	The study investigates heavy metal concentrations in vegetables, earthworms and dumpsite farms in Port Harcourt city. Samples were collected from the road sides, dump sites and control sites. Metals investigated were cadmium, nickel, copper, zinc and lead. These were analyzed using Atomic AbsorptionSpectrophotometer (AAS). The earthworm collected from road side have highest concentrations of zinc, nickel and copper. The road side vegetables have the highest lead concentration with Mean±SD value of 70.362±37.523 mg/kg followed by dump site with Mean±SD value of 10.937±4.781 mg/kg, p
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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