Improving management of future coastal development in Qatar through ecosystem-based management approaches

JA Burt, R Ben-Hamadou, MAR Abdel-Moati… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2017 - Elsevier
The coastline of Qatar is a rich mosaic of productive and diverse ecosystems including
mangrove forests, intertidal mudflats (sabkha), seagrass beds, and coral reefs. These …

The environmental costs of coastal urbanization in the Arabian Gulf

JA Burt - City, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Coastal urbanization has expanded rapidly in recent decades in the Arabian Gulf and this
has put increasing pressure on important but underappreciated coastal ecosystems …

Current status of mangrove conservation efforts in Qatar: A review

PSP Arachchige, M Rondon, AD Roy, MS Watt… - Regional Studies in …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, mangrove conservation efforts in Qatar were reviewed based on sources-from
Google Scholar, Google, Scopus, WoS, OpenAlex, and CrossRef-published from January …

Using multi-indices approach to quantify mangrove changes over the Western Arabian Gulf along Saudi Arabia coast

W Li, H El-Askary, MA Qurban, J Li, KP ManiKandan… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mangroves habitat present an important resource for large coastal communities benefiting
from activities such as fisheries, forest products and clean water as well as protection …

[HTML][HTML] Mangrove carbon stocks and biomass partitioning in an extreme environment

M Chatting, L LeVay, M Walton, MW Skov… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Global inventories that show mangrove forests have rich carbon stores currently lack data
from arid areas where carbon stocks may be functionally impoverished relative to humid …

Importance of mangrove carbon for aquatic food webs in wet–dry tropical estuaries

KG Abrantes, R Johnston, RM Connolly… - Estuaries and …, 2015 - Springer
Mangroves are traditionally considered to provide important nutrition to tropical estuarine
consumers. However, there is still controversy about this, and the extent and importance of …

Marine ecosystem diversity in the Arabian Gulf: threats and conservation

HA Naser - Biodiversity–The Dynamic Balance of the Planet, 2014 - books.google.com
The Arabian Gulf is a marginal and semi-enclosed sea situated in the subtropical region of
the Middle East between latitudes 24o and 30o N and longitudes 48o and 57o E (Figure 1) …

Synthesis and evaluation of coastal and marine biodiversity spatial information in the United Arab Emirates for ecosystem-based management

D Mateos-Molina, EB Lamine, M Antonopoulou… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The United Arab Emirates (UAE) host valuable coastal and marine biodiversity that
is subjected to multiple pressures under extreme conditions. To mitigate impacts on marine …

The tale of an endemic shrimp's exceptional osmoregulation and the ancient Athalassic mangrove oasis

BW Giraldes, S Boughattas, FM Benslimane… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The hyperarid mangrove in the Middle East is characterised by the absence of rivers or
freshwater inputs and is one of the most extreme settings of this ecosystem on Earth …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the spatiotemporal changes, associated carbon stock, and potential emissions of mangroves in Bahrain using GIS and remote sensing data

S Aljenaid, M Abido, GK Redha, M AlKhuzaei… - Regional Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The gray mangrove (Avicennia marina (Forssk) Vierh) constructs one of Bahrain's most
critical ecosystem, severly deteriorating, which has been severely deteriorated by increasing …