Increasing global population has resulted in increased urbanization of coastal areas across
the globe. Such an increase generates many challenges for sustainable food production …

The coastlines of many Arabian cities are now dominated by structures such as seawalls,
breakwaters and jetties as urbanization has expanded rapidly in the region. Coastal …

Oil spills in the marine environment inflict significant impacts on a wide diversity of marine
fauna. Despite the abundance of literature describing these impacts on numerous species …

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 …

Habitat map** is essential for the management and conservation of coastal marine
habitats. However, accurate and up-to-date habitat maps are rarely available for the marine …

Abstract The Arabian Peninsula accounts for approximately 6% of the world's coral reefs.
Some thrive in extreme environments of temperature and salinity. Using 51 Autonomous …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is increasingly being used to assess community composition in
marine ecosystems. Applying eDNA approaches across broad spatial scales now provide …

The level of contamination of selected priority pollutants consisting of polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organochlorine pesticides …

Coral reefs of the United Arab Emirates were once extensive, but have declined dramatically
in recent decades. Marine management and policy have been hampered by outdated and …

Six percent of the world's coral reefs occur around the Arabian Peninsula, providing a
valuable ecological, economic and scientific resource for the nations bordering its shores …