Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Aliphatics in the Coral Reef Skeleton of the Egyptian Red Sea Coast

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1252-1259

  El Sikaily, A ^a   Khaled, A ^a   El Nemr, A ^a   Said, T O ^a   Abd Alla, A M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; ALKANE; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; EGYPT; EXTRACTION; POLLUTANT; SEA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0344011535     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-8736-x     Document Type: Article

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