Metals in surface sediments and marine bivalves of the Hadhramout coastal area, Gulf of Aden, Yemen

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 308-311

  Mostafa, Alaa R ^a   Al Alimi, Abdel Kawi A ^b   Barakat, Assem O ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b HADHRAMOUT UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Gulf of Aden; Marine bivalves; Metals; Sediments; Yemen

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; RUNOFF; SLIT2 PROTEIN; ZINC;

BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CONTAMINATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; YEMEN;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YEMEN;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 60049093591     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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