TY - JOUR
T1 - The physical and biogeochemical parameters along the coastal waters of Saudi Arabia during field surveys in summer, 2021
AU - Abualnaja, Yasser O.
AU - Pavlidou, Alexandra
AU - Churchill, James H.
AU - Hatzianestis, Ioannis
AU - Velaoras, Dimitris
AU - Kontoyiannis, Harilaos
AU - Papadopoulos, Vassilis P.
AU - Karageorgis, Aristomenis P.
AU - Assimakopoulou, Georgia
AU - Kaberi, Helen
AU - Kannelopoulos, Theodoros
AU - Parinos, Constantine
AU - Zeri, Christina
AU - Ballas, Dionysios
AU - Pitta, Elli
AU - Paraskevopoulou, Vassiliki
AU - Androni, Afroditi
AU - Chourdaki, Styliani
AU - Fioraki, Vassileia
AU - Iliakis, Stylianos
AU - Kabouri, Georgia
AU - Konstantinopoulou, Angeliki
AU - Krokos, Georgios
AU - Papageorgiou, Dimitra
AU - Papageorgiou, Alkiviadis
AU - Pappas, Georgios
AU - Plakidi, Elvira
AU - Rousselaki, Eleni
AU - Stavrakaki, Ioanna
AU - Tzempelikou, Eleni
AU - Zachioti, Panagiota
AU - Yfanti, Anthi
AU - Zoulias, Theodore
AU - Amoudi, Abdulah Al
AU - Alshehri, Yasser
AU - Alharbi, Ahmad
AU - Sulami, Hammad Al
AU - Boksmati, Taha
AU - Mutwalli, Rayan
AU - Hoteit, Ibrahim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024/4/4
Y1 - 2024/4/4
N2 - During the last decades, the coastal areas of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf, have been subjected to intense economic and industrial growth. As a result, it may be expected that the overall environmental status of Saudi Arabian coastal marine waters has been affected by human activities. As a consequence, adequate management of the Saudi Arabian coastal zone requires an assessment of how the various pressures within this zone impact the quality of seawater and sediments. To this end, environmental surveys were conducted over 15 hotspot areas (areas subject to environmental pressures) in the Saudi Arabian coastal zone of the Red Sea and over three hotspot areas in the Saudi Arabian waters of the Arabian Gulf. The survey in the Red Sea, conducted in June/July 2021, acquired measurements from hotspot areas spanning most of the Saudi coastline, extending from near the Saudi–Jordanian border in the north to Al Shuqaiq and Jizan Economic City (close to the Saudi–Yemen border) in the south. The survey in the Arabian Gulf, carried out in September 2021, included the areas of Al Khobar, Dammam and Ras Al Khair. The main objective of both cruises was to record the physical and biogeochemical parameters along the coastal waters of the kingdom, tracing the dispersion of contaminants related to specific pressures. Taken together, these cruises constitute the first multidisciplinary and geographically comprehensive study of contaminants within the Saudi Arabian coastal waters and sediments. The measurements acquired revealed the influence of various anthropogenic pressures on the coastal marine environment of Saudi Arabia and also highlighted a strong influence of hydrographic conditions on the distribution of biochemical properties in the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf. The data can be accessed at SEANOE https://doi.org/10.17882/96463 (Abualnaja et al., 2023), whereas the details of the sampling stations are available at https://mcep.kaust.edu.sa/cruise-postings (last access: 25 March 2024). The dataset includes the parameters shown in Tables 1a, b and 2a.
AB - During the last decades, the coastal areas of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf, have been subjected to intense economic and industrial growth. As a result, it may be expected that the overall environmental status of Saudi Arabian coastal marine waters has been affected by human activities. As a consequence, adequate management of the Saudi Arabian coastal zone requires an assessment of how the various pressures within this zone impact the quality of seawater and sediments. To this end, environmental surveys were conducted over 15 hotspot areas (areas subject to environmental pressures) in the Saudi Arabian coastal zone of the Red Sea and over three hotspot areas in the Saudi Arabian waters of the Arabian Gulf. The survey in the Red Sea, conducted in June/July 2021, acquired measurements from hotspot areas spanning most of the Saudi coastline, extending from near the Saudi–Jordanian border in the north to Al Shuqaiq and Jizan Economic City (close to the Saudi–Yemen border) in the south. The survey in the Arabian Gulf, carried out in September 2021, included the areas of Al Khobar, Dammam and Ras Al Khair. The main objective of both cruises was to record the physical and biogeochemical parameters along the coastal waters of the kingdom, tracing the dispersion of contaminants related to specific pressures. Taken together, these cruises constitute the first multidisciplinary and geographically comprehensive study of contaminants within the Saudi Arabian coastal waters and sediments. The measurements acquired revealed the influence of various anthropogenic pressures on the coastal marine environment of Saudi Arabia and also highlighted a strong influence of hydrographic conditions on the distribution of biochemical properties in the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf. The data can be accessed at SEANOE https://doi.org/10.17882/96463 (Abualnaja et al., 2023), whereas the details of the sampling stations are available at https://mcep.kaust.edu.sa/cruise-postings (last access: 25 March 2024). The dataset includes the parameters shown in Tables 1a, b and 2a.
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U2 - 10.5194/essd-16-1703-2024
DO - 10.5194/essd-16-1703-2024
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85190134306
SN - 1866-3508
VL - 16
SP - 1703
EP - 1731
JO - Earth System Science Data
JF - Earth System Science Data
IS - 4
ER -
