Water pollution and habitat degradation in the Gulf of Thailand

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 1-6, 2003, Pages 43-51

  Cheevaporn, Voravit ^a   Menasveta, Piamsak ^b  

^a BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Gulf of Thailand; Oil; Red tides; Waste water

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; TIDES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHERING;

INDUSTRIALIZATION;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

OIL; PETROLATUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EUTROPHICATION; MARINE POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RED TIDE; WASTEWATER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CORAL REEF; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PHYTOPLANKTON; RED TIDE; SEA FOOD; THAILAND; URBANIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

GULF OF THAILAND; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ANTHOZOA; NOCTILUCA; TRICHODESMIUM SP.;

EID: 0038360930     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00101-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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