1st Edition
Oceanographic and Marine Environmental Studies around the Arabian Peninsula
Oceanographic and Marine Environmental Studies around the Arabian Peninsula presents studies on a range of topics related to the marine environment of the Red Sea and Arabian (Persian) Gulf.
This book contains invited and peer-reviewed chapters from diverse researchers active in their respective fields. The chapters offer new data and include a comprehensive lists of references. Some of the main topics included in the book are pollution from heavy metals and petroleum, hydro-environmental characteristics of the seas, conservation of marine ecosystem, risk of climate change on the Red Sea region, and the mangrove environment.
With new developments occurring in the coastal regions in recent decades, the book will be not only a helpful resource to researchers but also be a valuable reference for anyone curious about managing the marine and littoral environment of these two unique seas.
Najeeb M.A. Rasul, Ian C.F. Stewart and Peter J. Vine
PART 1 Hydrodynamics
2 Hydro-environmental characteristics of the Northern Arabian Gulf
Yousef Alosairi
3 Quantum multi-objective algorithm and radar satellite data for automatic detection of nonlinear turbulent flow in the Red Sea
Maged Marghany
4 Wind wave variability in the Red Sea
Khalid M. Zubier
PART 2 Chemical oceanography
5 Remote sensing of ocean colour in the Arabian Gulf
Surya Prakash Tiwari and Syed Masiur Rahman
6 Eutrophication in the Red Sea: Causes and effects
Neila Annabi-Trabelsi, Wassim Guermazi, Amira Rekik, Habib Ayadi and Vincent Leignel
PART 3 Heavy metals in seawater and sediments
7 Heavy metal levels in waters, sediments and biota from the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden coasts of Yemen
Ahmed I. Rushdi, Nabil Al-Shwafi , Abdulla Ba-Issa, Hamid Al-Saad, Nada Mol Al-Dewail, Hisham M. Nagi, Arafat Thabit Amer and Fatima M. Shediwah
8 A lead isotopic study of pollution distribution and sourcing from nearshore sediments of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Riyadh F. Halawani, Moahd K. Alghuson, Myra E. Wilson and Andrew N. Quicksall
9 Temporally resolved lead sourcing via isotopic analysis along the Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, coast
Hope Rasmussen, Bandar Almur and Andrew N. Quicksall
10 Mangrove sediment lead apportionment along the Saudi Arabian Red Sea coast using isotopic methods
Abdullah S. Alnasser, Riyadh F. Halawani and Andrew N. Quicksall
11 Use of recent invertebrates as a tool for monitoring environmental hazards: Strombus tricornis Humphrey 1786: Case study
Hashem Madkour and Mohamed Youssef
PART 4 Marine debris
12 Distribution and abundance of marine litter along the central Sudanese Red Sea coast
Nahid Abdel Rahim Osman, Eldirdery Abeadallah Abdelrahman Ibrahim, Khalid Mohamed Elfatih, Osman Mabruk Tiah, Haiat Sirelkhatim Hassan, Khadega Ibrahim Idrees and Mariam Ahmed Eldai
13 An overview of marine litter on the Sudanese Red Sea coast
Awatif A. Sugga and Dirar H. Nasr
PART 5 Hydrocarbon pollution in sediments and seawater
14 Oil pollution in the ROPME Sea Area with specifi c emphasis on the toxicity of Kuwait crude oil in the northern Arabian Gulf
Qusaie Karam and Abeer Al-Sale
15 Spatial distribution of hydrocarbons in the Shatt Al-Arab River and the Northern Coast of the Arabian/Persian Gulf: Characteristics, sources and environmental impacts
Ahmed I. Rushdi, Bernd R. T. Simoneit, Ali A. DouAbul, Samaa Al-Maarofi , Hamid Al-Saad and Nader A. Salman
16 Four-dimensional radar hologram interferometry for monitoring oil and gas exploration near Kharg Island
Maged Marghany
PART 6 Conservation and the marine ecosystem
17 Sanganeb Atoll: From lighthouse to inscription on the World Heritage List. A case study from the Sudanese Red Sea
Dirar H. Nasr and El Hag A. El Hag
18 Trends in marine fisheries of the Arabian/Persian Gulf
Abdulrahman Ben-Hasan
PART 7 Mangroves and the coastal ecosystem
19 Coastal dredging and reclamation in the Arabian Gulf: Impact and management
Humood Abdulla Naser and Khalil Hasan Abdulla
20 Mapping the mangroves in the Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia
Karuppasamy Manikandan, Mohammed Qurban, Jinoy Gopalan, Reynaldo Lindo, Thadickal V. Joydas and Mohammad Ashraf
21 The Red Sea mangroves and the mangrove microbiome
Hanin Alzubaidy, Azad Baazeem and Alexandre Soares Rosado
22 Mangroves in therapeutic and experimental medicine
Reshma Sahito, Hussain Raza, Qamar Abbas and Song Ja Kim
23 Mangroves of the Sudanese Red Sea coastal area
Awatif A. Sugga, Afkar A. Rhama and Dirar H. Nasr
24 The Red Sea sabkhas, seaweeds and seagrasses
Nahid A. Osman
25 The grazing effects of dugongs on seagrass meadows: A field experiment at Wadi El Gemal National Park, Red Sea, Egypt
Ahmed M. Shawky and S.H. Shabaka
26 Changes in key habitats on the southern Sudanese Red Sea coast using remote sensing and GIS (1972–2013)
Awatif Alnair, Dirar Nasr, Amna Ahmed Hamid and Sumaya Ahmed Zakieldeen
PART 8 Climate variability and its effects
27 Climate change and risk assessment of the Red Sea region, Egypt
Abbas M. Mansour and Mohamed Abdelkareem
PART 9 New developments
28 New research opportunities in extreme saline environments of the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea: From biotechnology to astrobiology
Yang He, Júnia Schultz, Marta Filipa Simões, Vigneshwaran Krishnamoorthi, Alexandre Rosado, Dimitra Atri and André Antunes
Biography
Najeeb M.A. Rasul obtained a PhD in geological oceanography from the University of Wales, Swansea, UK. He was with the Faculty of Marine Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, before joining the Saudi Geological Survey, where he was a technical adviser until 2022 and head of the Center for Marine Geology from 2003 to 2010. He has held key research positions at the Geological and Geophysical Research Systems in Canada, the Challenger Division for Seafloor Processes at the Southampton Oceanography Centre, currently NOC, Southampton, and Environment Canada. He has conducted research cruises with European Union research centres, including the Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), Italy, to the Red Sea and the IOC-UNESCO (TTR programme) in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. He was a EUROMARGINS and Saudi scientific coordinator. He has also been involved in research projects as chief scientist and principal investigator in the Western Basin of Lake Erie, the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, the Arabian Sea and, currently, the Red Sea. His research interests have concentrated on both shallow and deepwater sedimentary processes, depositional mechanisms and environmental aspects.
Ian C.F. Stewart received a PhD in seismology from the University of Adelaide, South Australia. He is an independent geophysical consultant based in Adelaide and has worked for numerous mining and oil companies in Australia, the Middle East and elsewhere. From 1974 until 1982, he was with the Department of Earth Sciences at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, where he taught geophysics. He then carried out research for Saudi Aramco in the exploration department in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, from 1982 until 1996 and was in charge of the development and application of potential field methods throughout the Kingdom. Later, he was involved in geophysical exploration in Australia. He was the Geophysical Technical Adviser to the Saudi Geological Survey (SGS), Jeddah, between 2003 and 2013, applying geophysical methods for mineral and groundwater exploration in the Kingdom, as well as carrying out earthquake studies. He has published numerous papers in addition to reports for the SGS, Saudi Aramco and other companies.
