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Benjamin Botwe

SENIOR LECTURER

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteSCH OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF MARINE AND FISHERIES SCIENCES
Climate change and anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems
Publications

42

Citations

631

H-index

14

i10-index

17

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
15.0
Most cited paper
115
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 22:35
Publications

42 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Evaluation of heavy metals contamination of soil and vegetation in the vicinity of a cement factory in the Volta region, Ghana
MA Addo, EO Darko, C Gordon, BJB Nyarko, JK Gbadago, E Nyarko, ...
2012 Agriculture 115
Radioactivity concentrations and their radiological significance in sediments of the Tema Harbour (Greater Accra, Ghana)
BO Botwe, A Schirone, I Delbono, M Barsanti, R Delfanti, P Kelderman, ...
2017 Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences 10 (1), 63-71, 2017 Agriculture 89
Water quality and level of some heavy metals in water and sediments of Kpeshie Lagoon, La-Accra, Ghana
MA Addo, GM Okley, HA Affum, S Acquah, JK Gbadago, JK Senu, ...
2011 Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences 3 (5), 487-497, 2011 Agriculture 66
Assessment of DDT, HCH and PAH contamination and associated ecotoxicological risks in surface sediments of coastal Tema Harbour (Ghana)
BO Botwe, P Kelderman, E Nyarko, PNL Lens
2017 Marine Pollution Bulletin 115 (1-2), 480-488, 2017 Agriculture 53
Settling fluxes and sediment accumulation rates by the combined use of sediment traps and sediment cores in Tema Harbour (Ghana)
BO Botwe, JM Abril, A Schirone, M Barsanti, I Delbono, R Delfanti, ...
2017 Science of the Total Environment 609, 1114-1125, 2017 Agriculture 42
The impact of agricultural runoff on the quality of two streams in vegetable farm areas in Ghana
WJ Ntow, P Drechsel, BO Botwe, P Kelderman, HJ Gijzen
2008 Journal of environmental quality 37 (2), 696-703, 2008 Agriculture 39
Pesticide residues contamination of vegetables and their public health implications in Ghana
BO Botwe, WJ Ntow, P Kelderman, P Drechsel, D Carboo, VK Nartey, ...
2011 Journal of Environmental Issues and Agriculture in Developing Countries 3 (2 …, 2011 Health Sciences 31
Assessment of water quality and heavy metal levels in water and bottom sediment samples from Mokwé Lagoon, Accra, Ghana
MA Addo, HA Affum, BO Botwe, JK Gbadago, SA Acquah, JK Senu, ...
2012 Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences 4 (2), 119-130, 2012 Agriculture 29
Heavy metal concentrations in five fish species from the Gulf of Guinea and their human health implications
BO Botwe
2021 Regional Studies in Marine Science 44, 101763, 2021 Health Sciences 28
Determination of 210Pb, 226Ra and 137Cs in beach sands along the coastline of Ghana
E Nyarko, B Botwe, J Ansong, R Delfanti, M Barsanti, A Schirone, ...
2011 Afr. J. Environ. Pollut. Health 9 (2), 17-23, 2011 Health Sciences 23
Pesticide contamination in groundwater and streams draining vegetable plantations in the Ofinso District, Ghana
BO Botwe, WJ Ntow, E Nyarko
2012 Soil health and land use management 4, 51-66, 2012 Health Sciences 18
Metal distribution and fractionation in surface sediments of coastal Tema Harbour (Ghana) and its ecological implications
BO Botwe, L Alfonso, E Nyarko, PNL Lens
2017 Environmental Earth Sciences 76 (15), 514, 2017 Natural Sciences 17
Assessment of coastal and marine ecosystems in West Africa: the case of Ghana
R Takyi, B El Mahrad, C Addo, J Essandoh, M ElHadary, R Adade, ...
2023 Marine Pollution Bulletin 197, 115735, 2023 Agriculture 14
Integrated hazard, risk and impact assessment of tropical marine sediments from Tema Harbour (Ghana)
BO Botwe, K De Schamphelaere, CA Schipper, J Teuchies, R Blust, ...
2017 Chemosphere 177, 24-34, 2017 Agriculture 14
Contamination status of organochlorine pesticides in Ghana
WJ Ntow, BO Botwe
2011 Global Contamination Trends of Persistent Organic Chemicals. CRC Press, Boca …, 2011 Agriculture 12
Toxic metal concentrations in deep-sea sediments from the jubilee oil field and surrounding areas off the western coast of Ghana
E Nyarko, BO Botwe, E Lamptey, O Nuotuo, BA Foli, MA Addo
2011 Trop Environ Res 9, 584-595, 2011 Agriculture 11
Evaluation of occupational and vegetable dietary exposures to current-use agricultural pesticides in Ghana
BO Botwe, WJ Ntow, E Nyarko, P Kelderman
2012 Pesticides—recent trends in pesticide residue assay. In Tech, 46-62, 2012 Agriculture 10
Settling fluxes and ecotoxicological risk assessment of fine sedimentary metals in Tema Harbour (Ghana)
BO Botwe, E Nyarko, PNL Lens
2018 Marine pollution bulletin 126, 119-129, 2018 Agriculture 8
Sediments in the Tema Harbour (Ghana): chemical pollution and sedimentation rates
BO Botwe
2018 Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2018 Natural Sciences 5
Organochlorine pesticide residues in Sardinella aurita from the coastal waters of Accra-Tema, Ghana and their potential health risks
E Nyarko, BO Botwe, AA Bampoe, S Addo, AK Armah, WJ Ntow, ...
2011 Journal of the Ghana Science Association 13 (1), 39-46, 2011 Health Sciences 4
A Preliminary investigation of organochlorine pesticide residue levels in fish and sediment from the Ashaiman Reservoir, Ghana
S Addo, DT Quaye, BO Botwe, DK Atsu
2018 Inter J Fish Aquatic Studies 6 (2), 285-9, 2018 Agriculture 2
Metabarcoding for the Molecular Diversity of Diatoms, Dinoflagellates and Cyanobacteria as a Relative Measure of Estuarine Health
PA Amamoo, ANA Ayiku, F Oyawoye, EK Amoako, G Wiafe, BO Botwe, ...
2025 Dinoflagellates and Cyanobacteria as a Relative Measure of Estuarine Health, 2025 Health Sciences 1
Challenges and success-an example for a Nature-based Approach for coastal resilience in Ghana
H Brix, E Mahu, FA Abubakar, K Appeaning Addo, S Adzah, DY Atiglo, ...
2026 American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting, HC52A-03, 2026 Agriculture 0
Convolutional Neural Networks and Multi-Modal Data Integration for Phytoplankton Taxonomy.
P Amamoo, G Wiafe, F Baidoo, EK Amoako, N Kokroko, D Akogo, ...
2026 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 2026 Agriculture 0
Elevating Ocean Acidification Research in the Gulf of Guinea: Lessons from the BIOTTA Project and the Regional Training Center on Ocean Acidification
E Mahu, A Valauri-Orton, K Lowder, BO Botwe, F Asuquo, UJ Bilounga, ...
2026 American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting, ED12A-02, 2026 Agriculture 0