The baseline data of soil quality and trace metal distribution is essential to assess agro-environmental sustainability in highly cultivated areas. This research evaluated the physicochemical characteristics and spatial distribution of heavy metals in agricultural soils in the th...
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2026/v10i2231
Aims: The present study assessed toxic metals content in the water, feeds and fish organs (liver, gills, and kidney) of Clarias gariepinus from River Benue and selected fish ponds within Makurdi metropolis of Benue State. Place and Duration of Study: Sample: A total of eighteen (...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2018/41806
The response of maize (Zea may L.) to heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn) contamination was investigated in field experiments to predict the potential of the plant to extract metal toxicants. Experimental field was amended with increasing loads (2–10 kgha-1) of either metal salt...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/39958
This work probes the kinetics and thermodynamics of adsorption of methylene blue (MB) from aqueous phase on a templated carbon (TC) synthesized from polyfurfuryl alcohol using kaolinite template at 773 K; and activated carbon produced by the pyrolysis of H3PO4-impregnated Moringa...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2930964
Aim: This is one of our mineralogical study series aimed at the preliminary characterization of iron ore and its neighboring farmland soils, with focus on ore impact on soil quality, toxic metals concentration and the geo-accumulation status of pollutants. Methodology: Mineral (I...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/32900