Protecting the Gulf's marine ecosystems from pollution /

"This volume reviews present sources and levels of pollution in the Gulf, assesses their causes and effects on biota and ecosystems, and identifies gaps and obstacles currently preventing an effective integrated transboundary management of the marine and coastal resources."--Jacket

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Abu-Zinada, A. H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel ; Boston : Birkhauser, ©2008.
Temas:
Marine pollution > Persian Gulf.
Ecology > Persian Gulf.
Pollution marine > Persique, Golfe.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Science.
Natural history.
Environnement.
Sciences de la terre.
Ecology
Marine pollution
Persian Gulf > Environmental conditions.
Persique, Golfe > Conditions environnementales.
Persian Gulf
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Biogeophysical setting of the Gulf / H.J. Barth and N.Y. Khan
  • The coastal vegetation of the western and southern Gulf
  • characterisation and conservation aspects / G. Brown, B. Boer, S. Sakkir
  • Impact of oil pollution and increased sea surface temperatures on marine ecosystems and biota in the Gulf / F. Krupp and A.H. Abuzinada
  • Integrated management of pollution stress in the Gulf / N.Y. Khan
  • Efforts of regional and international organisations in reducing levels of pollution in the Gulf / H.N. El-Habr and M. Hutchinson
  • Oil pollution preparedness in the ROPME Sea Area / A.M.M. Al-Janahi
  • Remote Sensing: A tool for managing marine pollution in the Gulf / R.A. Loughland and B. Saji
  • Coastal Pollution in Bahrain and its management / K. Zainal, H. Al-Sayed and I. Al-Madnay
  • Pollution from sea based sources / R. Facey
  • Impacts of seawater desalination plants on the marine environment of the Gulf / S. Lattemann and T. Hopner
  • Importance of the freshwater influx from the Shatt-Al-Arab River on the Arabian Gulf marine environment / F. Al-Yamani
  • The compensation schedule approach frothe assessment of oil spill damages to marine resources of the RSA / S.M. Al-Ghais and W.H. Pearson
  • The impact of the Gulf War (1990-91) oil release upon the intertidal Gulf coast line of Saudi Arabia and subsequent recovery / D.A. Jones, M. Hayes, F. Krupp, G. Sabatini, I. Watt and L. Weishar
  • Rapid assessment indicators of oil spill recover in salt marsh ecosystems / H.J. Barth
  • Shoreline bioremediation after the 1991 Gulf War oil spill / T. Hopner and K.A. Al-Shaikh
  • Evaluation of arid salt marsh restoration techniques / L. Weishar, I. Watt, D.A. Jones and D. Aubrey.

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