PCBS and DDTs in surface mangrove sediments from the south of Iran (ID NO. 048)

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 817-822

  Mohebbi Nozar, S L ^a,b   Ismail, W R ^a   Pauzi Zakaria, M ^c   Seddiq Mortazawi, M ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Persian Gulf and Oman Sea Ecological Research Institute   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

DDT; Hormozgan province; Iran; Mangrove sediment; PCB

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDD; DDE; DDT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANGROVE; PCB; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

HORMOZGAN; IRAN;

EID: 84882263479     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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