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Mercury concentrations in waters of Lake Naivasha Watershed, Kenya
Author(s) -
Bonzongo J. C.,
Ojiambo B. S.,
Lyons W. B.,
Wilder S.,
Welch K.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/96gl01434
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , watershed , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , streams , surface runoff , environmental chemistry , geology , ecology , chemistry , biology , computer network , geotechnical engineering , machine learning , computer science , programming language
We present the first mercury measurements made in African waters utilizing ultraclean collection and state‐of‐the‐art analytical techniques. Concentrations of total mercury (Hg T ) in streams entering Lake Naivasha, Kenya are similar to values obtained from runoff water in the Northern Hemisphere.