Status of trace metals in surface seawater of the Gulf of Aqaba, Saudi Arabia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 582-590

  Al Taani, Ahmed A ^a   Batayneh, Awni ^b   Nazzal, Yousef ^b   Ghrefat, Habes ^b   Elawadi, Eslam ^b   Zaman, Haider ^c  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Coastal water; Gulf of Aqaba; Pollution source; Red Sea; Saudi Arabia; Trace element

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DESALINATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MARINE POLLUTION; METALS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

COASTAL WATERS; GULF OF AQABA; POLLUTION SOURCES; RED SEA; SAUDI ARABIA;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

BORON; COPPER; FERTILIZER; IRON; SEA WATER; SELENIUM; TRACE METAL; ZINC; DUST; METAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GULF OF AQABA; MINERAL DUST; OCEANIC REGIONS; SEA POLLUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEASHORE; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLID; TREND STUDY; WATER ANALYSIS; WAVE ACTION; WIND; WIND DIRECTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SAUDI ARABIA; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHOZOA;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WIND;

EID: 84922678103     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.05.060     Document Type: Article

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