• The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. O.G.Oshodin (JP) on behalf of Council, Senate, Staff and Students cordially invites all to the...

  • From Tuesday December 6th - Thursday December 8th, there...

  • The Vice Chancellor Prof. O.G. Oshodin on behalf of Council and Senate cordially invites Staff, Students and...

  • University of Benin Governing Council and other Stakeholders' held a Retreat at Le Meridien Ibom Hotel...

  • The University of Benin Management has approved the refund of the sum of NGN500.00 (five hundred naira) to...

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. O.G.Oshodin (JP) on behalf of Council, Senate, Staff and Students cordially invites all to the...

From Tuesday December 6th - Thursday December 8th, there...

The Vice Chancellor Prof. O.G. Oshodin on behalf of Council and Senate cordially invites Staff, Students and...

University of Benin Governing Council and other Stakeholders' held a Retreat at Le Meridien Ibom Hotel...

The University of Benin Management has approved the refund of the sum of NGN500.00 (five hundred naira) to...

Heavy Metals

BIOACCUMULATION OF HEAVY METALS BY SOME CICHLIDS FROM OGBA RIVER, BENIN CITY, NIGERIA

Faculty: 
Agriculture

The bioaccumulation of Cu, Zn, Mn, Cd, Cr, Ni and Pb in Wholefish, Gill, Offal and Carcass samples of Oreochromis niloticus and Hemichromis fasciatus from the upper reaches of Ogba river was monitored for the period January to December, 2000, using standard methods.

HEAVY METALS IN THE SEDIMENTS OF THE LOWER IKPOBA RIVER, BENIN CITY, NIGERIA

Faculty: 
Agriculture

 

Heavy metal concentrations in the sediments of the lower Ikpoba river in Benin City, Nigeria were investigated using the flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry technique and compared with previously determined values for water...

HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN MALAPTERURUS ELECTRICUS AND CHRYSICHTHYS NIGRODIGITATUS FROM OGBA RIVER IN BENIN CITY, NIGERIA.

Faculty: 
Agriculture

 

The concentrations of heavy metals in two tropical fish species (Malapterurus electricus and Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus) from Ogba river in Benin City, Nigeria, were investigated between November 2002 and October 2003 in order to ascertain the pollution status of the river . The results showed varying levels of accumulation of Cu, Mn, Zn, Pb, Cr, Ni, and Cd in the fishes.
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