partitioning characteristics of heavy metals in a non-tidal freshwater ecosystem

the quality of wastewater generated in any process industry is generally indicated by performance itrace metals in the aquatic environment have to date come essentially from naturally occurring geochemical resources. however, this has been enhanced by anthropogenic activities resulting in pollution. consequently, correlations and partitioning of trace metals in the dissolved phase, suspended particulate matter (spm) and sediments were investigated in five selected sites along the taylor creek, southern nigeria. the degree of correlations between the various metals was different in each of the investigated matrices. in the matrices studied, not many significant correlations (p