The impact of organic pollution on the macrobenthic fauna of Dubai Creek (UAE)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1715-1723

  Saunders, James E ^a   Al Zahed, Khalid Mohammed ^b   Paterson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Roads and Transport Authority RTA   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Dubai creek; Eutrophication; Macrobenthic community; Multivariate analysis; Organic pollution; UAE

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DUBAI CREEK; MACROBENTHIC COMMUNITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTION;

WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS;

EUTROPHICATION; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE POLLUTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CREEK; DUBAI; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAGOON; MACROBENTHOS; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SEA POLLUTION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; DUBAI CREEK; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 36048980998     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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