Levels, distribution, and risk assessment of organochlorines in surficial sediments of the Red Sea coast, Egypt

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4835-4853

  El Nemr, Ahmed ^a   Moneer, Abeer A ^a   Khaled, Azza ^a   El Sikaily, Amany ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cyclodienes; DDTs; HCHs; PCBs; Pesticides; Red Sea; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CYCLODIENES; DDTS; HCHS; PCBS; RED SEA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECTICIDES; ISOMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALDRIN; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HCH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLITE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDIAN OCEAN; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EGYPT; RED SEA COAST;

EID: 84879040751     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2907-3     Document Type: Article

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