Occurrence and ecotoxicological assessment of pharmaceuticals: is there a risk for the Mediterranean aquatic environment?

F Desbiolles, L Malleret, C Tiliacos… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Due to their pseudo-persistence and their biological activity, pharmaceuticals are emerging
contaminants of major concern for the environment. The aim of this review is to provide an …

Macroinvertebrates as biomonitors of pollutants on natural sandy beaches: Overview and meta-analysis

LL Costa, MF da Costa, IR Zalmon - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
This review synthesises information from published articles on the incorporation of pollutants
by macroinvertebrates from sandy beaches, including both field samplings and bioassays …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment and distribution of heavy metals pollutants in Manzala Lake, Egypt

MAEK Zahran, YA El-Amier, AA Elnaggar… - Journal of Geoscience …, 2015 - scirp.org
Contamination with heavy metals is one of the most serious problems in the aquatic
environments. In Egypt, Manzala Lake is suffering from this problem. The objective of this …

Temporal distribution of trace metals pollution load index in the Nile Delta coastal surface sediments

A Mandour, MK El-Sayed, AA El-Gamal, AM Khadr… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Mediterranean coastal area of the Nile Delta is socio-economically vital, however, it is
under significant environmental stress due to pollution from land-based activities. The study …

Environmental assessment of coastal surface sediments at Tarut Island, Arabian Gulf (Saudi Arabia)

M Youssef, A El-Sorogy, K Al Kahtany… - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2015 - Elsevier
Thirty eight surface sediments samples have been collected in the area around Tarut Island,
Saudi Arabian Gulf to determine the spatial distribution of metals, and to assess the …

Distribution and contamination status of trace metals in the Mediterranean coastal sediments, Egypt

MA Okbah, SM Nasr, NF Soliman… - Soil and Sediment …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Trace metals concentrations in sediments from the Egyptian Mediterranean coast were
determined to evaluate the levels of contamination. The highest concentrations of metals …

[PDF][PDF] Spatial Distribution and Source Identification of Heavy Metals in Surface Waters of Three Coastal Areas of Tunisia.

Z Drira, H Sahnoun, H Ayadi - Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 2017 - pjoes.com
Spatial Distribution and Source Identification of Heavy Metals in Surface Waters of Three
Coastal Areas of Tun Page 1 Pol. J. Environ. Stud. Vol. 26, No. 3 (2017), 1057-1069 Original …

The Accumulation of Al, As, Li, Mg, Mn, S, Si, Ti, and V in the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis from the Moroccan Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Trends Pertaining to …

G Azizi, M Layachi, M Akodad, M Baghour… - Ocean Science …, 2020 - Springer
The accumulation levels of elements (Al, As, Li, Mg, Mn, S, Si, Ti, and V) in the soft tissue of
mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis), collected monthly in 2016, from Junuary to December …

[PDF][PDF] Macrophytes potential for removal of heavy metals from aquatic ecosystem, Egypt: using metal accumulation index (MAI).

YA El-Amier, MA El-Alfy, MM Nofal - 2018 - plantarchives.org
Abstract Analysis of the capacity of aquatic plants in north and south sectors of Idku Lake in
two seasons for heavy metals removal was studied. The order of metals were; Fe> Pb> Co> …

[PDF][PDF] Ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in coastal sediments between Al-Haymah and Al-Mokha, south red sea, Yemen

MAM Al-Edresy, SO Wasel, HA Al-Hagibi - Int. J. Hydrol, 2019 - academia.edu
Abstract The area between Al-Haymah and Al-Mokha on the Red Sea of Yemen is a
promising region for future tourism development. It is also characterized by population …