Seasonal distribution of dissolved and particulate hydrocarbons in Shatt Al-Arab estuary and the North-West Arabian Gulf

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 850-855

  Al Saad, Hamid T ^a   Shamshoom, Sabah M ^a   Abaychi, Jamal K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ESTUARY; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAQ; REVIEW; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0032191559     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00024-1     Document Type: Article

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