Mf. Zaranyika et R. Goredema, CONCENTRATION OF CD, CU, NI, PB, ZN AND MN IN BREAM, OREOCHROMIS MACRUCHIR, DURING THE 1996 MASS FISH DEATHS IN LAKE CHIVERO, ZIMBABWE, Journal of environmental science and health. Part A: Environmental science and engineering, 32(7), 1997, pp. 1895-1906
The results of analysis for selected toxic heavy metals of samples of
dead bream, Oreochromis macruchir, collected during the mass fish deat
hs in Lake Chivero, Zimbabwe, in March-April 1996 are presented. When
compared to results for bream samples collected in April-August 1994,
the 1996 results show that levels of Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn in the mus
cle of the dead bream had risen by factors of 5, 77, 15, 384, and 17 r
espectively. Analysis of the lake water confirmed the pollution of the
lake by heavy metals, especially Cd, Ni and Pb, at the time of the fi
shkill. Possible sources of the heavy metal pollution are discussed.