Environmental quality of Jordanian coastal surface sediment, Gulf of Aqaba, red sea

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Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 615-620

  Badran, Mohammad I ^a   Al Zibdah, Mohammad K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; PHOSPHATE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ANTHOZOA; HALOPHILA; JORDANIA;

EID: 31544477117     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-34.8.615     Document Type: Article

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43. Acknowledgments: This work was produced in the framework of a cooperation program between the Marine Sciences Station, Aqaba and the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority. Initiation of the program was funded by the Global Environment Facility. The authors are deeply thankful to the MSS staff for each of their efforts in her/his capacity to accomplish the field and lab work. Special thanks are due to Mr. Khalid Al Tarabin and Mr. Yousef Al Mahatta for doing the laboratory analysis and the field survey. We also wish to thank two anonymous referees and the editor for their valuable remarks and constructive criticism that improved the manuscript significantly.
44. First submitted 20 June 2003. Revised manuscript received 10 Oct. 2003. Accepted for publication 3 Nov. 2004.