Heavy metals pollution of the atlantic marine environment by the Moroccan phosphate industry, as observed through their bioaccumulation in Ulva lactuca

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 178, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 267-285

  Gaudry, A ^a   Zeroual, S ^b,d   Gaie Levrel, F ^a   Moskura, M ^a   Boujrhal, F Z ^b,c   El Moursli, R Cherkaoui ^b   Guessous, A ^d   Mouradi, A ^d   Givernaud, T ^e   Delmas, R ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c SULTAN MOULAY SLIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^d IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^e SETEXAM   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Algae; Heavy metal bioaccumulation; Lead isotopes; Marine pollution; Phosphate pollution; Phosphogypsum

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; PHOSPHATES; SALTS;

HEAVY METAL BIOACCUMULATION; PHOSPHATE POLLUTION; PHOSPHOGYPSUM;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CALCIUM SULFATE; HEAVY METAL; PHOSPHATE; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALGAE; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MARINE POLLUTION; PHOSPHATES; SALTS;

BIOACCUMULATION; GREEN ALGA; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEA POLLUTION; ULVA; ULVA LACTUCA; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DOUKKALA-ABDA; JORF LASFAR; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

ALGAE; PHOSPHOGYPSUM; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 33846150628     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9196-9     Document Type: Article

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