Speciation of trace metals in coastal sediments of El-Mex Bay south Mediterranean Sea-West of Alexandria (Egypt)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 111-123

  Abdallah, Maha Ahmed Mohamed ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

El Mex Bay; Fractions; Labile; Pollution; Sediment; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EL-MEX BAY; FRACTIONS; LABILE; METAL BIOAVAILABILITY; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEANS; TRACE METAL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE; NITRIC ACID; POLLUTION; POSITIVE IONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; ZINC;

COPPER;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EGYPT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEDIMENT;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; EGYPT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; MANGANESE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METALS, HEAVY; ZINC;

EID: 38449109029     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9507-z     Document Type: Article

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