Impacts of an oil spill on the marine environment of the United Arab Emirates along the Gulf of Oman

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 876-879

  Shriadah, Mohammed M A ^a,b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Gulf of Oman; Oil spill impacts

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BARNACLE; CRAB; DIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHING; OIL SPILL; OMAN; SEA POLLUTION; TIME; TOURISM; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WATER SUPPLY;

ARABIAN SEA; PERSIAN GULF; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; GRAPSUS ALBOLINEATUS; IRANIA; THORACICA;

EID: 0032213961     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00055-1     Document Type: Article

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