Environmental assessment of the gulf of aqaba coastal surface waters, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 283-290

  Batayneh, Awni ^a   Elawadi, Eslam ^a   Zaman, Haider ^b   Al Taani, Ahmed A ^c   Nazzal, Yousef ^a   Ghrefat, Habes ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Hydrographical conditions; nutrient salts; oligotrophic mesotrophic state

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PH; POPULATION GROWTH; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH WORK; RESOURCE USE; SALT; SURFACE WATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL POLLUTION; THERMOCLINE; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84896361930     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-13-00112.1     Document Type: Article

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