| ISBN13: | 9781032342900 |
| ISBN10: | 10323429011 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 376 pages |
| Size: | 297x210 mm |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 142 Illustrations, color; 137 Halftones, color; 5 Line drawings, color; 61 Tables, black & white |
| 700 |
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Coral Reefs and Associated Marine Fauna around the Arabian Peninsula
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Coral Reefs and Associated Marine Fauna around the Arabian Peninsula is a unique text that contains studies on a diverse range of topics related to the biology of the Red Sea and Arabian (Persian) Gulf region.
Coral Reefs and Associated Marine Fauna around the Arabian Peninsula is a unique text that contains studies on a diverse range of topics related to the biology of the Red Sea and Arabian (Persian) Gulf region.
Containing invited and peer-reviewed chapters, this book is a compilation of the works of various experts in their respective fields. The authors delve into the marine fauna around the Arabian Peninsula, including marine reptiles and mammals, coral reefs, fish, invertebrates, algae and phytoplankton. They also explore the changes resulting from anthropogenic and climate effects.
This book will be a helpful resource for researchers in Biology and will also be a valuable reference for anyone interested in the biology of these two warm semi-isolated seas with their unique environments.
1. Introduction to coral reefs and associated marine fauna around the Arabian Peninsula Part 1: CORAL BIOLOGY 2. The Red Sea coral reef cryptobiome: spatial and temporal patterns 3. Assessment of coral communities along Sudan?s Red Sea coast 4. Status of coral reefs along the Egyptian Red Sea coast 5. Thermal history of coral reefs along the Egyptian coast of the Red Sea 6. Coral reefs in the world's warmest sea: The paradoxical vulnerability of the world's most robust corals 7. Coral Reefs in the Pearl of the Gulf ? Bahrain Part 2: FISH 8. Mesopelagic fishes in the Red Sea 9. Fish larvae distribution in the western Arabian Gulf: Spatio-temporal patterns in relation to water column characteristics 10. Photo-identification of the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) at Elphinstone Reef, Egypt, Red Sea Part 3: INVERTEBRATES 11. Pearl oysters in Bahrain: Economic, heritage and biological aspects 12. An annotated checklist of heterobranch molluscs of the Arabian Gulf and their zoogeographic affinities with adjacent seas 13. Sea slugs of the Red Sea: a ?molecular? update Part 4: BENTHOS 14. Community structure and spatial variations in the benthic crustaceans of the western Arabian Gulf 15. The biology, ecology and life history of Brachyuran crabs of the Arabian Gulf 16. Meiofauna - present status in the Arabian Gulf Part 5: BACTERIA, ALGAE and PHYTOPLANKTON 17. Bacterial communities and metabolic functions profiled by MG-RAST: An example from Kuwaiti waters 18. Harmful algae in the Red Sea 19. A comparison of potentially harmful microalgae and the phytoplankton blooms in the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea 20. Phytoplankton community dynamics in the Western Arabian Gulf: Spatial and seasonal trends Part 6: MARINE REPTILES 21. Natural History and Biometrics of Sea Turtle Populations Nesting in the Saudi Arabian Waters of the Arabian Gulf 22. Status of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Zabargad Island, southern Egyptian Red Sea 23. Sea Turtle Nesting Beach Conditions in the Western Arabian Gulf Part 7: MARINE MAMMALS 24. Dugong feeding ecology along the Egyptian Red Sea
