Post-Gulf-War assessment of nutrients, heavy metal ions, hydrocarbons, and bacterial pollution levels in the United Arab Emirates coastal waters

Environment International

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 109-116

  Banat, I M ^a,b   Hassan, E S ^a   El Shahawi, M S ^a   Abu Hilal, A H ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; COLIFORM BACTERIA; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HEAVY METALS; HYDROCARBONS; OIL SPILLS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION SOURCES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL; HYDROCARBON;

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WAR; WATER QUALITY;

ALTEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROCOCCUS; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031909613     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(97)00127-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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