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The Persian Gulf's marine environment has suffered from a variety of perturbations, most resulting directly or indirectly from the extraction of oil and subsequent development projects--drilling, refining, dredging, and landfilling, as well as from worldwide maritime transportation. In addition...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Khan, N. Y.
Otros Autores: Munawar, M., Price, A. R. G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: East Lansing : Aquatic Ecosystem Health, & Management Society, 2014.
Colección:Ecovision World Monograph Ser.
Temas:
Ecosystem health > Persian Gulf Region.
Ecosystem management > Persian Gulf Region.
Environmental degradation > Persian Gulf Region.
Écosystèmes > Santé > Persique, Région du golfe.
Écosystèmes > Gestion > Persique, Région du golfe.
Environnement > Dégradation > Persique, Région du golfe.
Ecology
Ecosystem health
Ecosystem management
Environmental degradation
Persian Gulf Region > Environmental conditions.
Persique, Région du golfe > Conditions environnementales.
Persian Gulf Region
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of Contents; Editorial
  • M. Munawar; Preface
  • A.H. Al-Otaibi; Salutation
  • C.R.C. Sheppard; Foreword
  • N.Y. Khan; Acknowledgements; Section I: The Gulf Ecosystem: biogeophysical setting; Physical and human geography
  • N.Y. Khan; Geological oceanography of the Arabian Gulf
  • A.N. Al-Ghadban; Meteorology and climate
  • R.M. Reynolds; Oceanography
  • R.M. Reynolds; Coastal and marine ecology
  • D.A. Jones, A.R.G. Price, F. Al-Yamani, A. Al-Zaidan; Biodiversity
  • A.R.G. Price, D.A. Jones, F. Krupp; Section II: Human stressors; Oil and petroleum industry
  • P. Literathy, N.Y. Khan, O. Linden.
  • Non-oil industry
  • S.W. FowlerPower and desalination plants
  • H. Khordagui; Agrochemicals
  • S.W. Fowler; Section III: Habitat Degradation and Wider Impacts; Dredging and infilling
  • A.N. Al-Ghadban, A.R.G. Price; Urban wastes and disposal
  • S. Al-Muzaini, M.U. Beg; Changes in riverine input and loss of wetlands
  • F.Y. Al-Yamani, N.Y. Khan; Fishing and mariculture
  • J.M. Bishop; Impact of wars; The Gulf War 1990-91
  • O. Linden, T. Husain; Atmospheric fallout of soot in the Arabian Gulf region
  • T. Husain, E. Memon; Section IV: Ecosystem Health.
  • Aquatic ecosystem health of the Arabian Gulf: Status and research needs
  • M. Munawar, A.R.G. Price, I.F. Munawar, S. Carou, H. Niblock, J. LorimerSeafood contamination
  • M. Sadiq, T. Saeed, S.W. Fowler; Human-induced global climate change: predicted effects and implications for the Gulf
  • J.T. Hardy; Framework for ecological risk assessment: deterministic and probabilistic analyses
  • T. Husain, R. Sadiq, Mukhtasor, A.A. Khan; Section V: Management; Legal and institutional frameworks
  • N.Y. Khan, A.R.G. Price, N.Y. Khan; Integrated coastal zone management
  • A.R.G. Price, N.Y. Khan.
  • Marine protected areas
  • F. KruppIntegrated regional database management systems
  • A.R.G. Price, A.N. Al-Ghadban; Environmental trends and integrated management of the Gulf
  • N.Y. Khan, M. Munawar, A.R.G. Price; Subject Index.

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