Publications

AGE AND GROWTH OF LITHOGNATHUS MORMYRUS (TELEOSTEI, SPARIDAE) IN MEDITERRANEAN WATERS OFF ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT AMANY M. OSMAN Alexandria University, Faculty of Science Oceanography Department, Egypt. Keyword: Sparidae- Length-weight – age – growth – mortality – Lithognathus mormyrus . ABSTRACT Data for length-weight relationship, age, growth and mortality were analyzed for Lithognathus mormyrus in the Mediterranean […]

CLUSTER ANALYSIS AND MINERAL PROVENANCES OF RECENT SEDIMENTS AND THEIR RELATION TO THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN ACTIVITY ALONG THE RED SEA COAST, EGYPT AHMED W. MOHAMED* and MAHMOUD A. DAR National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Hurghada, Egypt. Keywords: Heavy mineral, mineral associations, provinces, variability, Plate tectonic, postpositional processes, continental margin. ABSTRACT Heavy mineral analyses of […]

CONCENTRATION OF NINE HEAVY METALS IN SUEZ CANAL WATERS, EGYPT EL-MOSELHY, KH. M.*; EL SAMRA, M. I. and ABD EL-AZIM, H. National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Suez, Egypt Keywords: Dissolved and particulate heavy metals; water; Suez Canal; Lake Timsah; Bitter lakes; Suez Bay; Egypt. ABSTRACT The concentration of nine heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Cd, […]

Ultrastructure features of spermiogenesis and spermatozoa in Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy saint-hilaire, 1817) ‘Egypt’. Hatem H. Mahmoud National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alex., Egypt. E mail: [email protected] Received 19th January 2010, Accepted 15th February 2010 Abstract The ultrastructure of spermatogenesis in Diplodus vulgaris is described by using light and transmission electron microscopes. The testis is […]

The role of sediment pore waters in the fertility of Abu Qir Bay, Egypt Ehsan Abo El khair, Fahmy, M.A. and Aly El Deen, M.A. National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Anfoushi, Egypt. Received 8th November 2010, Accepted 20th December 2010 Abstract Due to the construction of Aswan High Dam at 1964, the annual means […]

Teratogenic effect of phenolic metabolites on zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos Tamer El-Sayed Ali Oceanography Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Egypt. [email protected] Received 16th March 2010, Accepted 25th June 2010 Abstract The hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers (OH-PBDEs) are important metabolites formed by in vivo metabolism of brominted diphenyl ethers and a natural product produced by […]

Surfactant Concentrations and Physicochemical Characteristics of Alexandria Coastal Water Abd El-Hafiz, M. S.*, Okbah, M. A.* and EL’Masry, M. H. ** *National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Egypt ** Institute of Graduate Studies & Research, University of Alexandria, Egypt. Received 19th September 2010, Accepted 25 th October 2010 Abstract The distribution of surfactant concentrations […]

Sedimentological and mineralogical characteristics of khors sediments, Lake Nasser, Egypt Nazeh Naguib Gindy National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Aswan, Egypt Abstract Thirty-two surface sediment samples were collected from eight major khors (El-Ramla, Kalabsha, WadiAbyad, El-Allaqi, Singari, Korosko, Tushka and Or) along Lake Nasser to study the sedimentological and mineralogical characteristics of the northern, middle […]