Organochlorine pesticides in sea water and sediment samples from the Aqaba gulf

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 16, Issue 9 B, 2007, Pages 1131-1136

  Alawi, Mahmoud ^a   Rasheed, Mohammed ^a   Al Masri, Mohamad Ghiath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Aqaba gult; Organochlorine pesticides; Sediments; Water

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTRACTION METHOD; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER;

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

EID: 35548986226     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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