Persistent organochlorine pesticide and PCB residues in surface sediments of Lake Qarun, a protected area of Egypt

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2467-2476

  Barakat, Assem O ^a   Khairy, Mohammed ^a,b   Aukaily, Inas ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Qarun; Metabolites; Organochlorine pesticides; PCBs; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; INSECTICIDES; ISOMERS; LAKES; METABOLITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS;

CHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISKS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POTENTIAL ECOLOGICAL RISK; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES;

LAKE POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALDRIN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GUIDELINE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; METABOLITE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGYPT; LAKE;

BIRKET QARUN; EGYPT; FAIYUM [EGYPT];

TETRA;

EID: 84872812432     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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