Impact of industrial phosphate waste discharge on the marine environment in the Gulf of Gabes (Tunisia).

The marine environment in the Gulf of Gabes (southern Tunisia) is severely impacted by phosphate industries. Nowadays, three localities, Sfax, Skhira and Gabes produce phosphoric acid along the coasts of this Gulf and generate a large amount of phosphogypsum as a waste product. The Gabes phosphate i...

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Main Authors: Akram El Kateb, Claudio Stalder, Andres Rüggeberg, Christoph Neururer, Jorge E Spangenberg, Silvia Spezzaferri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5957445?pdf=render