Seasonal and spatial variation in the monitoring parameters of Gaza Beach during 2002-2003

Environmental Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-33

  Elmanama, Abdelraouf A ^a   Afifi, Samir ^a   Bahr, Salah ^a  

^a Islamic University Gaza   (Palestine)

Author keywords

BOD; Coliform; Gaza Beach; Seasonal variations; Seawater pollution

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; RAIN;

FECES; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEAWATER; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

AMMONIA; BATHING BEACHES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; MIDDLE EAST; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; STREPTOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; GAZA STRIP; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES;

EID: 33646498754     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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