Localized hyper saline waters in Arabian Gulf from desalination activity-an example from South Kuwait

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 181, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 587-594

  Uddin, Saif ^a   Al Ghadban, Abdul Nabi ^a   Khabbaz, Ahmed ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coral reefs; EIA; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN GULF; BAHRAIN; CORAL REEF; DESALINATION PLANT; EARLY DETECTION; EIA; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; MARINE BIODIVERSITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OFFSHORE WATER; POST CONSTRUCTION; SALINITY; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

BIODIVERSITY; DESALINATION; OUTFALLS; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER FILTRATION;

SEA WATER;

BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; DESALINATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DESALINATION; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; KUWAIT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIAN OCEAN; KUWAIT; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER PURIFICATION;

ARABIAN SEA; BAHRAIN; INDIAN OCEAN; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; PERSIAN GULF; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80054730687     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1853-1     Document Type: Article

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