A new record for aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon accumulation in the surficial sediments of El Mex Bay, Alexandria, Egypt after 19 years from the first one
Petroleum hydrocarbons were identified and quantified in the surficial sediments of El-Mex Bay, Alexandria during 2013 and 2014. The results were compared with a previous study in 1995. Contamination by aliphatic hydrocarbons in the sediments of the Bay was found to be magnified by about 3 folds fro...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-12-01
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Series: | Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1687428516300632 |