Table of Contents
Editorial
M. Munawar
Preface
A.H. Al-Otaibi
Salutation
C.R.C. Sheppard
Foreword
N.Y. Khan, M. Munawar, ARG. Price
SECTION I: The Gulf Ecosystem: biogeophysical setting
Physical and human geography
N.Y. Khan
Geological oceanography of the Arabian Gulf
A.N. Al- Ghadban
Meteorology and climate
R.M. Reynolds
Oceanography
R.M. Reynolds
Coastal and marine ecology
D.A. Jones, A.R.G. Price, F. Al-Yamani, A. Al-Zaidan
Biodiversity
A.R.G. Price, DA. Jones, F Krupp
SECTION II: Human stressors.
Oil and petroleum industry
P. Literathy, N.Y. Khan, O. Linden
Non-oil industry
S. W. Fowler
Power and desalination plants
H. Khordagui. Agrochemicals, S. W. Fowler
SECTION III: Habitat Degradation and Wider Impacts
Dredging and infilling
A. N. Al-Ghadban, A.R.G. Price
Urban wastes and disposal
S. AI-Muzaini, M.U. Beg
Changes in riverine input and loss of wetlands
F.Y. Al-Yamani, N.Y. Khan
Fishing and mariculture
J.M. Bishop
Impact of wars
The Gulf War 1990-91
O. Linden, T. Husain
Atmospheric fallout
T. Husain, E. Memon
SECTION IV: Ecosystem Health
Aquatic ecosystem health of the Arabian Gulf: Status and research needs
M. Munawar, A.R.G. Price, I.F. Munawar, S. Carou, H. Niblock, J. Lorimer
Seafood contamination
M. Sadiq, T. Saeed, S. W. Fowler
Human-induced global climate change: predicted effects and implications for the Gulf
J.T. Hardy
Framework for ecological risk assessment: deterministic and probabilistic analyses
T. Husain, R. Sadiq, Mukhtasor, A.A. Khan
SECTION V: Management.
Legal and institutional frameworks
N. Y. Khan, A.R.G. Price
Integrated coastal zone management
A.R.G. Price, N.Y. Khan
Marine protected areas
F. Krupp
Integrated regional database management systems
A.R.G. Price, A.N. Al-Ghadban
Environmental trends and integrated management of the Gulf
N.Y. Khan, M. Munawar A.R.G. Price
Subject Index (P. Buchanan).