Trace Elements in Sediments and Mussels - Spatial Distribution, Chemical Partitioning, and Risk Assessment

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1184-1193

  Khairy, Mohammed A ^a,b   Kolb, Marit ^a   Schmidt, Christiane ^a   Zachmann, Dieter W ^a   Mostafa, Alaa R ^b   EL Fiky, Anwar A ^b   Bahadir, Müfit ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Abu Qir Bay; Mussels; Risk assessment; Sediments; Sequential extraction

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOINDICATOR; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOLLUSC; PARTITIONING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACE METAL;

ABU QIR BAY; EGYPT;

MACTRA CORALLINA; TAPES DECUSSATA;

EID: 78650234858     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201000145     Document Type: Article

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