Permeable sediments and associated microbial communities play a fundamental role in
nutrient recycling within coral reef ecosystems by ensuring high levels of primary production …

Abstract The Gulf of Aqaba is of significant strategic and economic value to all gulf-bordering
states, particularly to Jordan, where it provides Jordan with its only marine outlet. The Gulf is …

The Gulf of Aqaba is an oligotrophic marine system with oxygen-rich water column and
organic carbon-poor sediments (≤ 0.6% at sites that are not influenced by anthropogenic …

Thirty surface sediment samples from two different seasons pre-monsoon (PRM), post-
monsoon (POM) were analyzed for texture, carbonates, organic matter (OM) and leachable …

Use of subsurface intakes for seawater reverse osmosis desalination (SWRO) systems is
known to improve raw water quality, reduce use of chemicals, improve operational reliability …

Quaternary reef development and demise have been shown to correspond to worldwide sea‐
level fluctuations and related environmental changes, yet the mechanisms and rates …

To assess the textural variations and to elucidate the depositional processes along
Kalpakkam-Mahabaliuram stretch, beach and seabed sediments were collected seasonally …

To evaluate the effect of the industrial activities on the sediment quality, we investigated long-
term records of physical and chemical properties of bottom-surface sediments from a …

The physicochemical characterization of seven marine sediment samples was investigated
and collected from different zones along with Thondi coastal sediments along the southeast …

Carbonate and silicate natural sediments from the gulf of Aqaba-Jordan have been used to
study adsorption of nickel (II), lead (II) and cadmium (II) ions, separately, from aqueous …