Origin and potential ecological risk assessment of trace elements in the watershed topsoil and coastal sediment of the Oualidia lagoon, Morocco

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 602-614

  Maanan, Mehdi ^a   El Barjy, Meryem ^b   Hassou, Najwa ^b   Zidane, Hakima ^c   Zourarah, Bendahhou ^b   Maanan, Mohamed ^d  

^a HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b CHOUAIB DOUKKALI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c Institut National de Recherche Halieutique   (Morocco)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

anthropogenic contribution; Atlantic coast; ecological and biological risk; Oualidia lagoon; potentially toxic elements (PTE); spatial analyst

Indexed keywords

EID: 85035134014     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2017.1394176     Document Type: Article

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