The Gulf: A young sea in decline

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-38

  Sheppard, Charles ^a   Al Husiani, Mohsen ^b   Al Jamali, F ^c   Al Yamani, Faiza ^b   Baldwin, Rob ^d   Bishop, James ^b   Benzoni, Francesca ^e   Dutrieux, Eric ^f   Dulvy, Nicholas K ^g   Durvasula, Subba Rao V ^h   Jones, David A ⁱ   Loughland, Ron ^j   Medio, David ^k   Nithyanandan, M ^l   Pilling, Graham M ^m   Polikarpov, Igor ^b   Price, Andrew R G ^a   Purkis, Sam ⁿ   Riegl, Bernhard ⁿ   Saburova, Maria ^o   Namin, Kaveh Samimi ^p   Taylor, Oliver ^d   Wilson, Simon ^d   Zainal, Khadija ^q   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^c QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^d Five Oceans Environmental Services LLC   (Oman)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^f Agence Languedoc Roussilon   (France)

^g SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h Mail Boxes ^*  (Canada)

ⁱ Mail Boxes   (Spain)

^j AES International Consultants   (Bahrain)

^k Halcrow Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^l Al Khiran Pearl City Project La' Ala Al Kuwait   (Kuwait)

^m CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^p NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

more..

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Climate stresses; Coral reefs; Development; Fisheries; Gulf War; Mangroves; Oil pollution; Persian Gulf; Pollution; Sea grass; Sedimentation; Temperature rise

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN GULF; CORAL REEF; CORAL REEFS; GULF WAR; MANGROVES; OIL POLLUTION; PERSIAN GULF; TEMPERATURE RISE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DETERIORATION; FISHERIES; MILITARY OPERATIONS; POLLUTION; REEFS; SEDIMENTATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRASS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SALINITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISHERY; GOVERNMENT; HABITAT; INDUSTRY; MACROALGA; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY; SEA POLLUTION; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; TOURISM; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; INDIAN OCEAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

ANTHOZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 74149087243     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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