Impact of man's activities on a closed fishing-lake, Lake Maryout in Egypt, as a case study

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 145-157

  El Rayis, O ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alexandria; Egypt; Fishing lake Maryout; Organic carbon and metals; Restoration; Sediments

Indexed keywords

FISHING COMMUNITY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LAKE POLLUTION; SEWAGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

AFRICA; ALEXANDRIA [ALEXANDRIA (GVR)]; ALEXANDRIA [EGYPT]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; LAKE MARYOUT; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 18644380344     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-005-7836-9     Document Type: Article

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