Benjamin Botwe
SENIOR LECTURER
CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteSCH OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF MARINE AND FISHERIES SCIENCES
Climate change and anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems
Publication activity
Publication statistics
Publications
42 matching publications
| Publication | Year | Journal | Thematic area | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |