Organochlorine contaminants in water, sediment and fish of Lake Burullus, Egyptian Mediterranean sea

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-146

  Said, Tarek O ^a   El Moselhy, Khaled M ^a   Rashad, Abdel Aziz M ^a   Shreadah, Mohamed A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Lake Burullus; Mediterranean; PCBs; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS (CHC); EGYPTIAN; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; SUMMER SEASON; WATER SAMPLES;

HYDROCARBONS; MICROFLUIDICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE;

WATER POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; FISH; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 46649094779     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9422-9     Document Type: Article

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