Decadal Pollution Assessment and Monitoring along the Kenya Coast

Eric Okuku, Veronica Wanjeri, Gilbert Owato, Maureen Kombo, Catherine Mwalugha, Nancy A. Oduor, Linet Kiteresi and Stephen Mwangi

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Abstract: Marine contamination arising from land-based sources is on the rise along the Kenyan Coast. We carried out a decadal pollution survey between 2008 and 2018 to determine the levels of various pollutants (nutrients, trace metals, persistent organic pollutants, and 210Po) in water, sediment, and biota collected from selected locations in Kenya. Nutrient levels in water ranged between

Keywords: marine pollution; nutrients; heavy metal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.82606

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