Review of Pollution in the African Aquatic Environment

a-HCH African aquatic African inland waters agricultural Alabaster aldrin aquatic environment areas Biney bioaccumulation biota Bugenyi Calamari Cameroon Central Africa chemicals chlorinated hydrocarbons CIFA CLHCs coastal waters compounds contaminated Côte d'Ivoire detected dieldrin discharges East Africa effects effluents Egypt EIFAC endosulfan environmental compartments Finfish fish Fisheries freshwater Ghana Greichus Hartbeespoort Dam heavy metals heptachlor Ibadan industrial insecticides Kakulu Kenya Koeman Lagos Lagoon Lake Mariut Lake McIlwaine Lake Nakuru Lake Victoria levels lindane Mbome mercury metabolites metal concentrations Métongo ND ND ND ng/g dry weight ng/g fresh weight ng/l Nigeria Nile Nozha Hydrodrome OCPs Onchocerciasis organic loads organic matter organic pollution Osibanjo PCBs pesticides pollution control region reported residues River Saad samples scientific sediments shellfish sources Southern Africa species studies sub-region substances Table total DDT toxicity trace metals values Voëlvlei Dam wastes water bodies water pollution water quality criteria West and Central Zimbabwe µg/g