Trace metal speciation in marine sediments from sulaibikhat bay, Kuwait

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-40

  Alshemmari, Hassan ^a,b   Ali, Lulwa ^a   Alotaibi, Yousef ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; European Community Bureau of Reference sequential extraction; Marine pollution; Organic content; Sewage waste discharge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922205744     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2012.669185     Document Type: Article

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