Evaluation of Some Heavy Metals and Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon in Water and Palaemonid Shrimps (Macrobrachium vollenhovenii) of Egboko River, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria
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Aim: The study was aimed at comparing the levels of heavy metals in Tiger shrimps- Penaeus
monodon from different source categories, to ascertain the impacts of the selected heavy metals on
the consumers’ health.
Hypothesis: Heavy metals in blood serum of shrimp consumers were accumulated solely from the
shrimps.
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QH Natural history, QH301 Biology, QL Zoology