Polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments from ghar El melh lagoon, Tunisia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 539-544

  Ameur, W Ben ^a   Trabelsi, S ^a   El Bedoui, B ^a   Driss, M R ^a  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Ghar El Melh lagoon Tunisia; Grain size; Organic carbon; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sediments; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

DRY WEIGHT; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTORS; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE ORGANISMS; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; PCB CONCENTRATION; QUALITY GUIDELINES; SEDIMENT ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SOXHLET; SUPERFICIAL SEDIMENTS; TOXIC EFFECT; TUNISIA;

EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKES; MARINE BIOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOXICITY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEA WATER;

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

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER; TUNISIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79955909551     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0258-3     Document Type: Article

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