标题：Seasonal Investigations into the Level of Toxic Elements in Marine Organisms (Fish and Mollusk) along the Coast of Ghana Using Neutron Activation Analysis
期刊名称：Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2041-0484
电子版ISSN：2041-0492
出版年度：2011
卷号：3
期号：3
页码：286-292
出版社：Maxwell Science Publications
摘要：Seasonal investigation was conducted into the occurrence and extent of potentially toxic heavy metals along the coast of Ghana using marine organisms as bioindicators of pollution. The marine organisms sampled were analysed using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis coupled with conventional counting system. All the four samples ( Dentex macrophthalmus , Sardinella maderensis , Engraulis encrasicolus and Cymbium cymbium ) recorded detectable levels of potentially toxic elements which fluctuates between Cymbium cymbium recorded the highest level of (As, Co, Cu, Zn) whiles Engraulis encrasicolus accumulated appreciable amount of V. Al was the most abundant of all the elements. The coast of Ghana was found to be mildly polluted with respect to the elements Al, As, Cd, Co, Cu, Cr, Ni, Hg, V and Zn.
