Evaluation of heavy metal pollution in the Arabian Gulf using the clam Meretrix meretrix Linnaeus, 1758

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 214, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 499-507

  Alyahya, Hamad ^a   El Gendy, Amel H ^b   Al Farraj, Saleh ^a   El Hedeny, Magdy ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Clam; Heavy metals; Meretrix meretrix; Pollution; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARABIAN GULF; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BIVALVE SPECIES; CLAM; CLAM TISSUE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MERETRIX MERETRIX; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAUDI ARABIA; SOFT TISSUE; SUMMER SEASON; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WET WEIGHT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; HEAVY WATER; HISTOLOGY; LEAD; MARINE POLLUTION; METALS; TISSUE; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; MOLLUSC; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CLAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERETRIX MERETRIX; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAUDI ARABIA; SOFT TISSUE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF; SAUDI ARABIA;

BIVALVIA; MERETRIX MERETRIX;

EID: 78650677823     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0441-x     Document Type: Article

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