Eutrophication problems in the Western Harbour of Alexandria, Egypt

Oceanologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-44

  Dorgham, Mohamed M ^a   Abdel Aziz, Nagwa E ^b   El Deeb, Kamal Z ^b   Okbah, Mohamed A ^b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alexandria Western Harbour; Eutrophication; Nutrients; Plankton biomass; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; PLANKTON; SALINITY; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; ALEXANDRIA [EGYPT]; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 1842628905     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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