Heavy metals contamination and distribution of benthic foraminifera from the Red Sea coastal area, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

The distribution of benthic foraminifera was studied in two stations in the coastal area, located around Jeddah, Red Sea coast, Saudi Arabia. Thirty-three species belonging to 15 genera, 14 families and three suborders were recorded in twenty samples. Some foraminiferal tests display abnormalities i...

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Main Author: Mohamed Youssef
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:Oceanologia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S007832341500069X