Understanding how physical-biological coupling influences harmful algal blooms, low oxygen and fish kills in the Sea of Oman and the Western Arabian Sea

PJ Harrison, S Piontkovski, K Al-Hashmi - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2017 - Elsevier
In the last decade, green Noctiluca scintillans with its symbiont and other dinoflagellates
such as Cochlodinium polykrikoides, Prorocentrum micans and Scrippsiella trochoidea have …

Current status of marine pollution and mitigation strategies in arid region: a detailed review

P Chitrakar, MS Baawain, A Sana, A Al-Mamun - Ocean Science Journal, 2019 - Springer
Coastal pollution is becoming a significant threat for both marine ecosystems and humans.
Marine pollution and coastal degradation are severely exacerbated by anthropogenic …

Spatiotemporal changes in precipitation concentration over Iran during 1962–2019

M Darand, F Pazhoh - Climatic Change, 2022 - Springer
Due to global warming, precipitation concentration is expected to change, and extreme
weather events are likely to occur more frequently. This study investigates the …

The Omani shelf hypoxia and the warming Arabian Sea

SA Piontkovski, HS Al-Oufi - International Journal of Environmental …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Interdecadal changes in oxygen depletion, with a special reference to artisanal landings of
large pelagic fishes, were analysed. Data from 53 expeditions incorporating 29,043 vertical …

Spatiotemporal variability of chlorophyll-a and sea surface temperature, and their relationship with bathymetry over the coasts of UAE

KA Hussein, K Al Abdouli, DT Ghebreyesus… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The catastrophic implication of harmful algal bloom (HAB) events in the Arabian Gulf is a
strong indication that the study of the spatiotemporal distribution of chlorophyll-a and its …

Conceptual design of a 5 MW OTEC power plant in the Oman Sea

AS Hamedi, S Sadeghzadeh - Journal of Marine Engineering & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Developing ocean energy extraction, including ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC),
has been of interest to researchers for many decades. OTEC is a free fuel technology and …

Seasonal to intraseasonal variability of the upper ocean mixed layer in the Gulf of Oman

E Font, BY Queste, S Swart - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
High‐resolution underwater glider data collected in the Gulf of Oman (2015–2016),
combined with reanalysis data sets, describe the spatial and temporal variability of the …

[PDF][PDF] Seasonal and interannual variations of sardine catches along the Omani coast

SM Al Jufaili, SA Piontkovski - International Journal of Oceans and …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Sardines contributed 85% to the total small pelagic fish landings by Oman, in 2000-2018.
Monthly data on sardine catches represented mainly by the Indian oil sardine (Sardinella …

A comparison of seasonal variability of Arabian Gulf and the Sea of Oman pelagic ecosystems

SA Piontkovski, WM Hamza… - Aquatic …, 2019 - scholarlypublishingcollective.org
This overview compares algal blooms and pelagic fisheries of the Arabian Gulf with the Sea
of Oman. The data consist of remotely sensed characteristics, directly sampled and …

[PDF][PDF] Inter-annual variability of mesoscale eddy occurrence in the western Arabian Sea

SA Piontkovski, MH Al-Tarshi, SM Al-Ismaili… - Int. J. Oceans …, 2019 - academia.edu
Abstract The western Arabian Sea is known for its intensive upwelling developed seasonally
along the Omani coast as well as for numerous mesoscale eddies originating in and passing …