Sponges and sediments as monitoring tools of metal contamination in the eastern coast of the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1140-1146

  Pan, Ke ^a   Lee, On On ^a   Qian, Pei Yuan ^a   Wang, Wen Xiong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Metals; Red Sea; Saudi Arabia; Sediments; Sponges

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; BIOMONITORS; COASTAL AREA; KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA; METAL ACCUMULATION; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINATION; MONITORING TOOLS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RED SEA; SAUDI ARABIA; SPONGES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; ZINC;

COPPER;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; SILVER; ZINC;

ACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPONGE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAUDI ARABIA; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPONGE (PORIFERA); WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIAN OCEAN; METALS; PORIFERA; SAUDI ARABIA; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 79955615591     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.043     Document Type: Article

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