Assessment of persistent organochlorine pollutants in sediments from Lake Manzala, Egypt

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1713-1720

  Barakat, Assem O ^a   Mostafa, Alaa ^a   Wade, Terry L ^b   Sweet, Stephen T ^b   El Sayed, Nadia B ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Ecotoxicological risk; Lake Manzala; Organochlorines; Sediment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAKE; CORE SEDIMENTS; DISTRIBUTION; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISKS; EGYPTIANS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINE POLLUTANTS; ORGANOCHLORINES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); SEWAGE DISCHARGES; URBANISED AREAS;

LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE;

LAKE POLLUTION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGYPT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; METABOLITE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION;

EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LAKES; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EGYPT; LAKE MANZALA;

EID: 84864147487     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.03.022     Document Type: Article

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