The Gulf: a young sea in decline

C Sheppard, M Al-Husiani, F Al-Jamali… - Marine pollution …, 2010 - Elsevier
This review examines the substantial changes that have taken place in marine habitats and
resources of the Gulf over the past decade. The habitats are especially interesting because …

[HTML][HTML] A regional review of marine and coastal impacts of climate change on the ROPME sea area

S Lincoln, P Buckley, EL Howes, KM Maltby… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) Sea Area
(RSA) in the northern Indian Ocean, which comprises the Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the …

Small microplastic particles (S-MPPs) in sediments of mangrove ecosystem on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf

A Naji, M Nuri, P Amiri, S Niyogi - Marine pollution bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a study of small microplastic particles (S-MPPs) in the sediments of mangrove
ecosystem of Khor-e-Khoran, a Ramsar site in Iran. The spatial distribution of S-MPPs (< 1 …

The circulation of the Persian Gulf: a numerical study

J Kämpf, M Sadrinasab - Ocean Science, 2006 - os.copernicus.org
We employ a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model (COHERENS) in a fully prognostic
mode to study the circulation and water mass properties of the Persian Gulf–a large inverse …

A model of the general circulation in the Persian Gulf and in the Strait of Hormuz: Intraseasonal to interannual variability

S Pous, P Lazure, X Carton - Continental Shelf Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Previous studies modeling the circulation and thermohaline structure in the Persian Gulf
have suggested that interannual variability and vertical mixing processes could explain the …

Persian Gulf response to a wintertime shamal wind event

PG Thoppil, PJ Hogan - Deep Sea research part I: Oceanographic research …, 2010 - Elsevier
The results from a∼ 1km resolution HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM), forced by
1/2° Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System (NOGAPS) atmospheric data …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple salinity equilibria and resilience of Persian/Arabian Gulf basin salinity to brine discharge

HD Ibrahim, P Xue, EAB Eltahir - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Persian/Arabian Gulf is the most important region for seawater desalination.
Surrounding countries produce about 50% of global desalinated seawater. If Gulf salinity …

Impact of brine discharge from seawater desalination plants on persian/arabian gulf salinity

HD Ibrahim, EAB Eltahir - Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
Abstract The Persian Gulf (also known as Arabian Gulf) is surrounded by desalination plants
with about 50% of worldwide capacity to desalinate seawater. Most of these plants dispose …

Shifting fuel feedstock from oil wells to sea: Iran outlook and potential for biofuel production from brown macroalgae (ochrophyta; phaeophyceae)

HKS Panahi, M Dehhaghi, M Aghbashlo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Finding renewable alternative energy resources for fossil fuels substitution has become very
vital due to the serious challenges faced by humankind at present such as environmental …

Physical controls on oxygen distribution and denitrification potential in the north west Arabian Sea

BY Queste, C Vic, KJ Heywood… - Geophysical Research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
At suboxic oxygen concentrations, key biogeochemical cycles change and denitrification
becomes the dominant remineralization pathway. Earth system models predict oxygen loss …