Sediments in the Tema Harbour (Ghana)

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Chemical Pollution and Sedimentation Rates

By Benjamin Botwe

Series: IHE Delft PhD Thesis Series

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Sediments in the Tema Harbour (Ghana) offers a detailed study of chemical pollution and sediment accumulation in the tropical Tema Harbour. Combining sediment chemistry with innovative bioassays, it presents a comprehensive evaluation of contamination using organisms like Corophium volutator and Hediste diversicolor as bioindicators. The book addresses heavy metals, radionuclides, pesticides, and hydrocarbons in sediments, providing vital insights into environmental hazards in this coastal region.
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This book is ideal for environmental scientists, researchers in marine ecology, and students studying sediment pollution or coastal environmental management, particularly in tropical contexts.

This book describes a systematic and integrated approach to the investigation of chemical pollution in sediments, settling fluxes and sediment accumulation rates in the Tema Harbour (Ghana).

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Sediment pollution and accumulation in harbours are major environmental issues, and studies that advance their solutions are essential for harbour sustainability. Sediments in the Tema Harbour (Ghana) provides the first comprehensive assessment of chemical pollution in sediments and sediment accumulation rates in the tropical Tema Harbour (Ghana).

This book contributes to improving our ability to use an integrated approach involving sediment chemistry and bioassays in one comprehensive assessment of the contamination state of a tropical coastal environment.

Whole-sediment toxicity bioassays using the amphipod Corophium volutator and the polychaete Hediste diversicolor as bioindicators were combined with data on concentrations of total metal and metal binding forms, radionuclides, organochlorine pesticides, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in bottom sediments. Additionally, total metal concentrations in settling silt-clay particles collected by sediment traps were analysed to characterise the hazard, risk, and impact of sediments from the tropical coastal Tema Harbour.

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ISBN: 9781138323513

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 August 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: CRC Press

Audience: Tertiary education

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Width: 174.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 540g

Pages: 292

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About the Author

Benjamin O. Botwe is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, University of Ghana, where teaches introductory courses in oceanography, limnology, aquatic ecology, marine biogeochemistry and pollution. He holds a Master of Philosophy degree in Chemistry, with a specialization in Analytical/Environmental Chemistry. Currently, he is a PhD fellow at the UNESCO-IHE Institute of Water Education in Delft, The Netherland, where he belongs to the pollution prevention and control chair group. His research interest include coastal/marine pollution and ecotoxicological risk assessment, sediment/pollutant dynamics, metal and organic contaminant biogeochemistry, seafood contamination and human health risks assessment, water quality, environmental radioactivity and ocean acidification. He has several scientific publications including journal articles and book chapters and has participated in scientific conferences and workshops around the world.

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