Litter pollution on the Jordanian shores of the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea)

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-63

  Abu Hilal, Ahmad H ^a   Al Najjar, Tariq ^b  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Marine Science Station   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Gulf of Aqaba; Litter; Pollution; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

MARINE POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHORE PROTECTION;

LITTER POLLUTION; PHYSIOGRAPHY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

GLASS; METAL; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE;

BEACH; POLLUTION; PROVENANCE; REFUSE;

ARTICLE; JORDAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WOOD;

BATHING BEACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INDIAN OCEAN; INDUSTRY; JORDAN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEASONS; SHIPS;

ASIA; EURASIA; GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

JORDANIA;

EID: 1842483872     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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