… re fishing is an important activity. In October 2005, extensive algal blooms with brownish/orange discoloured water and fish mortalities were observed east of Masirah Island. Satellite images revealed cooler upwelled surface water along a broad front just prior to the event, followed by a gradual warming period coincid …
Red tide, one of the harmful algal blooms (HABs) is a natural ecological phenomenon and often this event is accompanied by severe impacts on coastal resources, local economies, and public health. The occurrence of red tides has become more frequent in Omani waters in recent years. Some of them caused fish kill, damaged …
… at the shoreline. To show case the applications for effluent disposal, two types of discharge were considered: (i) through two adjacent outfalls and (ii) using a two-port diffuser. In comparison with discharge through a single outfall, it is found that sharing the load of effluent discharges through two adjacent outfal …
… blooms. Recent studies indicate an increase in the number of causative species and harmful impacts. Many red tide incidents in Oman have been found leading to hypoxia. The frequent bloom forming species here are Karenia selliformis, Nitzschia pungens, Prorocentrum arabianum and Trichodesmium erythraeum. We review work …
تسجيل الدخول لحفظ عمليات البحث واستلام التنبيهات.