Environmental risk assessment of the Moroccan Atlantic continental shelf: The role of the industrial and urban area

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 511, Issue , 2015, Pages 407-415

  Maanan, Mohamed ^a   Zourarah, Bendahhou ^b   Sahabi, Mohamed ^b   Maanan, Mehdi ^c   Le Roy, Pascal ^d   Mehdi, Khalid ^b   Salhi, Fouad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic input; Atlantic shelf; Environmental assessment; Heavy metals; Sediment quality

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; SEDIMENTS; SEWERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ATLANTIC SHELF; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT QUALITY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; ZINC; HEAVY METAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); HYDROLOGY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWER; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; MOROCCO; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC COAST [MOROCCO]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AFRICA]; CASABLANCA [CASABLANCA (RGA)]; CASABLANCA [MOROCCO]; MOROCCO; OUM ER RBIA RIVER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRY; METALS, HEAVY; MOROCCO; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84920626405     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.098     Document Type: Article

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