Over het archief
Het OWA, het open archief van het Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium heeft tot doel alle vrij toegankelijke onderzoeksresultaten van dit instituut in digitale vorm aan te bieden. Op die manier wil het de zichtbaarheid, verspreiding en gebruik van deze onderzoeksresultaten, alsook de wetenschappelijke communicatie maximaal bevorderen.
Dit archief wordt uitgebouwd en beheerd volgens de principes van de Open Access Movement, en het daaruit ontstane Open Archives Initiative.
Basisinformatie over ‘Open Access to scholarly information'.
A baseline quantitative assessment of deep-sea benthic fauna of the Gulf of Aqaba (Northern Saudi Arabia, Red Sea)
Joydas, T.V.; Manokaran, S.; Borja, A.; Rabaoui, L.; Manikandan, K.P.; Ashraf, T.T.M.; Aarif, K.M.; Hussain, S.A.; Baig, M.H.; Shoeb, M.; Krishnakumar, P.K.; Qurban, M.A. (2021). A baseline quantitative assessment of deep-sea benthic fauna of the Gulf of Aqaba (Northern Saudi Arabia, Red Sea). Mar. Pollut. Bull. 164: 112028. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112028
In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. Macmillan: London. ISSN 0025-326X; e-ISSN 1879-3363, meer
|  |
| Trefwoord |
|
| Author keywords |
Deep-sea benthos; Oligotrophic; Diversity; Density; Gulf of Aqaba; Saudi Arabia |
| Auteurs | | Top |
- Joydas, T.V.
- Manokaran, S.
- Borja, A., meer
- Rabaoui, L.
|
- Manikandan, K.P.
- Ashraf, T.T.M.
- Aarif, K.M.
- Hussain, S.A.
|
- Baig, M.H.
- Shoeb, M.
- Krishnakumar, P.K.
- Qurban, M.A.
|
| Abstract |
The Gulf of Aqaba (hereafter ‘the Gulf’) is a narrow, semi-enclosed, warm, high saline, and oligotrophic water body. This baseline study provides the first quantitative data on deep-sea (207–1281 m depth) benthos of the Gulf. Fifty-five benthic species (predominantly polychaetes) with a density of 160–670 ind. m−2, species richness of 11–25, and Shannon-Wiener diversity (H′) of 3.14–4.17 bits. ind.−1 were recorded from nine stations. The density and H′ of benthos of the Gulf are comparable with those of the Red Sea, while both are lower than those reported from the Arabian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The good-high ecological status of benthic communities indicates the absence of major stress in the deep-sea habitats of the Gulf. As large-scale urbanization is proposed in the Saudi coastal areas of the Gulf, this study is expected to provide a baseline dataset for future environmental impact assessments. |
IMIS is ontwikkeld en wordt gehost door het VLIZ.
