Ecological risk assessment of heavy metals from the surficial sediments of a shallow coastal lagoon, Egypt

Environmental Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 979-988

  Abdallah, Maha Ahmed Mohamed ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cd fractions; degree of contamination; Igeo; Lake Maryout; PEC; sediment quality guidelines; TEC; trace elements

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; HEAVY WATER; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; LAND RECLAMATION; LEAD; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; ZINC;

CD FRACTIONS; DEGREE OF CONTAMINATION; IGEO; PEC; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; TEC;

SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

COASTAL LAGOON; GUIDELINE; HEAVY METAL; OVERFISHING; POLLUTION EFFECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECLAIMED LAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; DOMESTIC WASTE; EGYPT; EXTRACTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LAGOON; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE SEDIMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EGYPT;

EID: 79959454627     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2010.521956     Document Type: Article

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