Hydrography, nutrients and plankton abundance in the hot spot of Abu Qir Bay, Alexandria, Egypt

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 17-32

  Abdel Aziz, N E ^a   Fahmy, M A ^a   Dorgham, M M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Abu Qir Bay; Hydrography; Land based effluents; Nutrients; Plankton abundance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892470396     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.264     Document Type: Article

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