[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 …

Environmental DNA biomonitoring reveals seasonal patterns in coral reef fish community structure

NP Zamani, MF Zuhdi, H Madduppa - Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2022 - Springer
Coral reef fish populations are declining due to multiple factors including habitat destruction,
overfishing, and climate change. While these can include seasonal impact, seasonal …

[HTML][HTML] Atmosphere-ocean coupled variability in the arabian/persian gulf

F Al Senafi - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Arabian Gulf comprises one of the world's most unique and fragile marine ecosystems; it
is susceptible to the adverse effects of climate change due to its shallow depth and its …

[HTML][HTML] Growth impacts in a changing ocean: insights from two coral reef fishes in an extreme environment

D D'Agostino, JA Burt, V Santinelli, GO Vaughan… - Coral Reefs, 2021 - Springer
Determining the life-history consequences for fishes living in extreme and variable
environments will be vital in predicting the likely impacts of ongoing climate change on reef …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of ocean warming on fish size reductions on the world's hottest coral reefs

JL Johansen, MD Mitchell, GO Vaughan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The impact of ocean warming on fish and fisheries is vigorously debated. Leading theories
project limited adaptive capacity of tropical fishes and 14-39% size reductions by 2050 due …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial patterns of reef fishes and corals in the thermally extreme waters of Qatar

J Bouwmeester, R Ben-Hamadou, P Range… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Persian Gulf is a thermally extreme environment in which reef corals have adapted to
survive through temperature ranges that would be lethal to corals from other regions …

[HTML][HTML] Are offshore platforms a good candidate to restore functional diversity of reef fish communities in the Arabian Gulf?

R Riera, F Torquato, P Range, R Ben-Hamadou… - Regional Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Human-made structures are ubiquitous in the marine realm. Complex structures such as oil
and gas platforms may constitute a suitable habitat for species in areas where natural reefs …

Coarser taxonomic resolutions are informative in revealing fish community abundance trends for the world's warmest coral reefs

YJ Lin, RH Roa-Ureta, AU Basali, JFA Alcaria, R Lindo… - Coral Reefs, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Arabian Gulf is a natural laboratory to examine how subtropical coral reef
ecosystems might change in responding to recurring heating events because of uniquely …

If you build it, will they come? An environmental DNA assessment of fish assemblages on artificial reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico

AD Krolow, AD Geheber… - Transactions of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, estuarine and marine fisheries have declined over the past century, and a variety
of approaches have been employed in an attempt to improve fisheries, including the …

[HTML][HTML] Fishes of the Emirates

MD Mitchell, J Els, M Seraphim - A Natural History of the Emirates, 2023 - Springer
Fishes are among the most diverse and abundant groups of animals in the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) and support fisheries that are second most important economic resource in …