Macrobenthic community structure in the northern Saudi waters of the Gulf, 14years after the 1991 oil spill

Thadickal Viswanathan Joydas; Mohammad Ali Qurban; Abdulaziz M. Al-Suwailem; P. K. Krishnakumar; Zahid B. Nazeer; N. A. Cali

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.11.007

Macrobenthic community structure in the northern Saudi waters of the Gulf, 14years after the 1991 oil spill

Thadickal Viswanathan Joydas, Mohammad Ali Qurban, Abdulaziz M. Al-Suwailem, P. K. Krishnakumar, Zahid B. Nazeer, N. A. Cali

Coastal and Marine Laboratory

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Abstract

The 1991 Gulf oil spill heavily impacted the coastal areas of the Saudi waters of the Arabian Gulf and recent studies have indicated that even 15. years after the incident, macrobenthos had not completely recovered in the sheltered bays in the affected region such as, Manifa Bay. This study investigates the community conditions of macrobenthos in the open waters in one of the impacted areas, Al-Khafji waters, about 14. years after the spill. Diversity measures and community structure analyses indicate a healthy status of polychaete communities. The BOPA index reveals that oil sensitive amphipods were recolonized in the study area. This confirms that the benthic communities of the oil spill impacted area had taken only

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	325-335
Number of pages	11
Journal	Marine Pollution Bulletin
Volume	64
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.11.007
State	Published - Feb 2012

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Acknowledgements: The authors thank Al-Khafji Joint Operations, Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia, for financial support (Project No. CEW02293). The authors are grateful to the Research Institute (RI), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, for providing the necessary facilities for carrying out the work. The authors are also thankful to Dr. Blair Bremberg, KFUPM/RI for editing the manuscript. The authors highly appreciate the anonymous reviewer for his suggestions to improve the quality of the manuscript.

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