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   Metal accumulation in two contiguous eutrophic peri-urban lakes, Chivero and Manyame, Zimbabwe

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: B Utete --- Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe C Phiri --- Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe SS Mlambo --- Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe N Maringapasi --- Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe N Muboko --- Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe TB Fregene --- Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, Nigeria B Kavhu --- University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

   Concentrations of aluminium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lead, nickel and zinc were determined in surface water, benthic sediments, and the gills, liver and stomach muscle tissues of Oreochromis niloticus and Clarias gariepinus in peri-urban lakes Chivero and Manyame, Zimbabwe...

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   Histological alterations of selected tissues (gill, liver, kidney and stomach) in two common fish species within two eutrophic peri-urban lakes in Zimbabwe

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: B Utete --- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Zimbabwe N Mabika --- Department of Anatomy, Zimbabwe J Chiwara --- Department of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnology, Zimbabwe J Makaure --- Department of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnology, Zimbabwe C Phiri --- Department of Freshwater and Fishery Science, Zimbabwe SS Mlambo --- Department of Biotechnology Science, Zimbabwe N Muboko --- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Zimbabwe J Tsamba --- Department of Biology, Zimbabwe

   Pollution threatens fish health in the eutrophic lakes, Chivero and Manyame, in Zimbabwe. Histopathological tissue alterations of two commonly consumed fish: catfish, Clarias gariepinus, and; tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, from Lakes Chivero and Manyame were assessed between 2015 and 2016. Seventy-one...

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