Trace metals in algae and sediments from the north-eastern Tunisian lagoons

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-198

  El Ati Hellal, M ^a   Hellal, Fayçal ^b   El Khemissi, Z ^c   Jebali, R ^d   Dachraoui, M ^a  

^a Campus Universitaire   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c Biotechpole Sidi Thabet   (Tunisia)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Algae; Metals; North Eastern Tunisian lagoons; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIZERTE LAGOON; MACRO-ALGAE; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTENT; METAL LEVELS; NORTH-EASTERN TUNISIAN LAGOONS; POSITIVE VALUE; SAMPLING LOCATION; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; TRACE METAL;

ALGAE; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHROMIUM; LAKES; METALS; NICKEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

COPPER;

METAL; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEDIMENT; STATISTICS; ULVA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; SEAWATER; ULVA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE;

EID: 79952704976     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-0175-x     Document Type: Article

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