Comprehensive risk assessment of heavy metals in surface sediments along the Egyptian Red Sea coast

Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 349-362

  Salem, Dalia M S Aly ^a   Khaled, Azza ^a   El Nemr, Ahmed ^a   El Sikaily, Amany ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aqaba Gulf; Ecological risk; Heavy metals; Red Sea; Risk assessment; Suez Gulf

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927550716     PISSN: 16874285     EISSN: 20903278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejar.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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