Impact of a mixed "industrial and domestic" wastewater effluent on the southern coastal sediments of Sfax (Tunisia) in the Mediterranean Sea

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 691-704

  Houda, B ^a   Dorra, G ^b   Chafai, A ^b   Emna, A ^a   Khaled, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^c University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequence; Enrichment factor; GIS; Heavy metals; I geo; Marine sediments; PCA; Sfax

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; ENRICHMENT; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACER; WASTEWATER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SFAX [TUNISIA]; TUNISIA;

STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 79960336237     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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