Total dissolved and particulate lead in the Western Harbor of Alexandria, a Mediterranean basin under stress

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 1-6, 2003, Pages 52-58

  Saad, M A H ^a   Beltagy, A I ^b   Mahmoud, W M ^b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chemical pollution; Egypt; Harbor; Lead; Suspended matter

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AGGREGATES; LEAD; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WATER POLLUTION;

TOTAL SUSPENDED MATTER (TSM);

MARINE ENGINEERING;

LEAD;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; HARBOR; LEAD; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EGYPT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PLANKTON; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER;

ALEXANDRIA; EGYPT;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0038699218     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00470-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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