The 1991 Gulf War: Environmental Assessments of IUCN and CollaboratorsThis book summarizes the results of survey under-taken by IUCN and collaborators of the immediate and mid-term environmental damage arising from the Gulf War, in particular the massive oil spillage. |
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Arabian Gulf coast arom Background and objectives Bahrain bulkwater coastal and marine coastal areas coastal zone management contamination coral reefs CPUE ecosystems effects Ephinephelus tauvinas Figure Fowler g¹ dry wt Greasy Grouper Greasy Grouper Hamoor Gulf coral Gulf War Gulf War oil Gulf's hydrocarbons and trace hydros impacts intertidal IUCN IUCN/MEPA Jana Jurayd Karan Khafji Khasab Kuwait larvae Lethrinus nebulosus Manifa Bay marine environment Masirah Mean abund MEPA oceanographic oil spill Oman organisations penaeid penaeid larval petroleum hydrocarbons Phen Pigface Pigface Bream Sheiry Price Programme Qaru Qaruh Island Ras Al Ghar Ras Al Khafji Ras al Mishab Ras Al Tanajib Ras Tanura Raysut Readman region Safaniya SAFISH Salalah Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Gulf Saudi Gulf coast sea surface sediments and biota Sheppard shrimp fisheries spawning biomass studies Summary map surface microlayer Table toxicity trace metals Umm al Maradem Unres western Arabian Gulf World Conservation Union Zallaq