Brown macroalgae as bio-indicators for heavy metals pollution of Al-Jubail coastal area of Saudi Arabia

Areej H. Alkhalifa; Ali A. Al-Homaidan; Afaf I. Shehata; Hussein H. Al-Khamis; Abdullah A. Al-Ghanayem; Abdelnasser S. S. Ibrahim

doi:10.5897/AJB12.2509

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DOI: 10.5897/AJB
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Brown macroalgae as bio-indicators for heavy metals pollution of Al-Jubail coastal area of Saudi Arabia

Areej H. Alkhalifa, Ali A. Al-Homaidan, Afaf I. Shehata, Hussein H. Al-Khamis, Abdullah A. Al-Ghanayem and Abdelnasser S. S. Ibrahim*

Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box: 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Email: [email protected]

Article Number - 08299F930243
Vol.11(92), pp. 15888-15895 , November 2012
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJB12.2509

Accepted: 19 October 2012
Published: 15 November 2012

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