Speciation of organotin compounds in sediments of semi-closed areas along the Mediterranean coast of Alexandria

Assessment of the Physico-chemical Characteristics and Water Quality Analysis of Mariout Lake, Southern of Alexandria, Egypt

“…It represents a shallow sheltered Estuary west of Alexandria, extends for about 15 km between El-Agamy headland to the west to the Western Harbor to the east and from the coast to a depth of about 30 m. The Bay has a mean depth of 10 m. Its surface area is about 19.4 km 2 and its volume is 190.3 × 10 6 m 3 and the rate of waste water added to the basin via El -Umoum drain is 2452.7 × 10 6 m 3 /y [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. ElMex Bay is dominated by two types of currents.…”

Major ions anomalies and contamination status by trace metals in sediments from two hot spots along the Mediterranean Coast of Egypt

“…El-Mex Bay has several industrial plants near the coast which directly discharge their effluents into it Emara and Shriadah 1991;Shreadah and Emara 1992;Emara et al 1992;Said et al 1994;Shreadah et al 2006;Okbah et al 2013). Not much is known about the levels of several metals and trace elements in particular Se, Sn, As, V and Al in the Western Harbor and El-Mex Bay.…”

“…Because the harbour is a semi-enclosed basin with limited water circulation, it may serve as an entrapment for wastes introduced from land-based sources and from the Harbour itself because of shipping activities. The future development and continued operation of the Alexandria Harbour are of great economic importance to this region; however, these activities may also impact its ecological functioning (Shreadah et al 2006;Shriadah 1992;Shreadah and Emara 1992). El-Mex Bay is part of the Alexandria coast on the Mediterranean Sea.…”

“…Because they are not chemically or biologically degraded, the pollutants remain in the environment for long periods and can enter the food chain (Tam and Wong 2000). Thorough knowledge of trace metal distribution in water and sediments plays a key role in detecting the pollution sources in aquatic systems (Shriadah 1991;El-Sikaily et al 2004;Idodo-Umeh and Oronsaye 2006;Shreadah et al 2006;Abdallah and Abdallah 2008;El-Zokm et al 2012;El-Said and Youssef 2013;Abdel Ghani et al 2013a;Khalil et al 2013;Younis et al 2014;El Zokm et al 2015;Okbah et al 2015).…”

Nutrient Fluxes and Sediments Composition in El Mex Bay and Surround Drains, Alexandria, Egypt

“…It is a highly polluted area, the major types of pollution sources are domestic sewage, industrial waste water, and agricultural run-off, through lake out lets, and river discharged and oil pollution. El-Mex Bay receives mixed agricultural run-off from lake Mariut through El-max pumping station and El-umum drain, industrial water from chloro-alkali plant, tanneries and slaughterhouse, also, air borne particles from the fumes of adjacent industrial plants including a cement factory [35]- [42]. 29 …”