Industrial dumping impact on oxygen and nitrogen fluxes in Abu Qir Bay, Southeastern Mediterranean Sea

Environment International

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 349-357

  Abdel Moati, M A R ^a,b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EGYPT; INDUSTRY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

DISSOLVED GAS; DISSOLVED GAS FLUMES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FLUX; OCEAN DUMPING; OXYGEN; WASTEWATER QUALITY;

EGYPT, ABU QIR BAY;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; WASTES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INDUSTRIAL DUMPING IMPACT; INPUT OUTPUT FLUX MODEL; MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS;

OCEAN DUMPING;

EID: 0030615707     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(97)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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