Coastal pollution in Bahrain and its management

Protecting the Gulf's Marine Ecosystems from Pollution

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 147-162

  Zainal, Khadija ^a   Al Sayed, Hashim ^a   Al Madany, Ismail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

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EID: 57349182715     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-7947-6_8     Document Type: Chapter

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