Scleractinian corals as pollution indicators, Red Sea Coast, Egypt

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 11, 2003, Pages 641-655

  El Wahab, M Abd ^a   El Sorogy, A S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; LANDFILL; METAL; MINING; POLLUTION; SEWAGE; TOURISM;

AFRICA; EGYPT; INDIAN OCEAN; NORTH AFRICA; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; RED SEA COAST;

ANTHOZOA; ASTROCOENIINA; FUNGIINA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 1642601954     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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