TY - JOUR
T1 - Status of macrobenthic community of Manifa-Tanajib Bay System of Saudi Arabia based on a once-off sampling event
AU - Joydas, Thadickal Viswanathan
AU - Krishnakumar, P. K.
AU - Qurban, Mohammad Ali
AU - Ali, Said M.
AU - Al-Suwailem, Abdulaziz M.
AU - Al-Abdulkader, Khaled
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Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia for funding the study. We thank Environmental Protection Department, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran for the guidance and encouragement. We are thankful to the Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, for providing research facilities. We are also thankful to Dr. Paul Blair, KFUPM/RI for English editing.
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - Shallow water bays located in the western Arabian Gulf experience harsh environmental conditions. Some of these bays, including Manifa-Tanajib Bay System (MTBS), were also exposed to the 1991 oil pollution event. This study investigates the status of the macrobenthos in MTBS during 2006. This bay system is characterized by very shallow inner bays with elevated salinity and temperature compared to the rest of the bay area. As a result mainly of the hyper salinity, the inner bay communities are distinct from the outer bay communities. Overall, fairly high species richness with several rare species was observed. High Shannon-Wiener diversity values and ABC plots indicated the healthy status of the polychaete communities, while BOPA index indicated slightly polluted status in 20% of the stations. The oil sensitive amphipods were not completely re-colonized in 20% of the stations, even after 15. years of recovery from the 1991 oil spill. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
AB - Shallow water bays located in the western Arabian Gulf experience harsh environmental conditions. Some of these bays, including Manifa-Tanajib Bay System (MTBS), were also exposed to the 1991 oil pollution event. This study investigates the status of the macrobenthos in MTBS during 2006. This bay system is characterized by very shallow inner bays with elevated salinity and temperature compared to the rest of the bay area. As a result mainly of the hyper salinity, the inner bay communities are distinct from the outer bay communities. Overall, fairly high species richness with several rare species was observed. High Shannon-Wiener diversity values and ABC plots indicated the healthy status of the polychaete communities, while BOPA index indicated slightly polluted status in 20% of the stations. The oil sensitive amphipods were not completely re-colonized in 20% of the stations, even after 15. years of recovery from the 1991 oil spill. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/575680
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0025326X1100141X
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U2 - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.03.012
DO - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.03.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 21453935
SN - 0025-326X
VL - 62
SP - 1249
EP - 1260
JO - Marine Pollution Bulletin
JF - Marine Pollution Bulletin
IS - 6
ER -