Environmental monitoring of linear alkylbenzene sulfonates and physicochemical characteristics of seawater in El-Mex Bay (Alexandria, Egypt)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 3103-3115

  Okbah, M A ^a   Ibrahim, A M A ^b   Gamal, M N M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anionic detergents; El Mex Bay; LAS; Physicochemical; Seawater

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC DETERGENTS; EL-MEX BAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAS; LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE SULFONATES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; UNTREATED WASTEWATER;

BIODEGRADATION; PH; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEWAGE; SOAPS (DETERGENTS); WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

SEAWATER;

ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SEA WATER; SURFACTANT; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; ALKYLBENZYL SULFONIC ACID;

ANION; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETERGENT; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; SULFONATE; SURFACTANT; WASTEWATER;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HARDNESS; HYDROGRAPHY; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION DENSITY; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; WINTER; BAY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; SEASON; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ALEXANDRIA [EGYPT]; EGYPT; MEX BAY;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; BAYS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876330334     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2776-9     Document Type: Article

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