Historic and contemporary contamination in the marine environment of Kuwait: an overview

HA Al-Sarawi, AN Jha, MA Al-Sarawi, BP Lyons - Marine pollution bulletin, 2015 - Elsevier
The rapid expansion of industry, along with previous pollution events linked to conflicts in
the region, have led to a variety of contaminants being inadvertently or deliberately …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial resistance in the Gulf Cooperation Council region: A proposed framework to assess threats, impacts and mitigation measures associated with …

WJF Le Quesne, C Baker-Austin… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
It is becoming increasingly clear that the genetic diversity and abundance of antimicrobial
resistance (AMR) in non-clinical settings has been underestimated and that the environment …

[HTML][HTML] Baseline survey of marine sediments collected from the Kingdom of Bahrain: PAHs, PCBs, organochlorine pesticides, perfluoroalkyl substances, dioxins …

P Bersuder, AJ Smith, C Hynes, L Warford… - Marine Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
A baseline survey of sediment contamination was undertaken at 14 locations around the
coastline of Bahrain in May 2017, followed by a focused survey of 20 sites, in November …

Trace elements and POPs in two commercial shark species from Djibouti: Implications for human exposure

G Boldrocchi, D Monticelli, YM Omar… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Within Djibouti (Gulf of Aden), the scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini)
and milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus) are important components of the artisanal fishery …

[HTML][HTML] Baseline survey of marine sediments collected from the State of Kuwait: PAHs, PCBs, brominated flame retardants and metal contamination

BP Lyons, JL Barber, HS Rumney, TPC Bolam… - Marine Pollution …, 2015 - Elsevier
A geographically extensive baseline survey of sediment contamination was undertaken at
twenty nine locations around Kuwait. Samples were assessed in relation to a wide range of …

Changes in the water quality conditions of Kuwait's marine waters: long term impacts of nutrient enrichment

MJ Devlin, MS Massoud, SA Hamid, A Al-Zaidan… - Marine Pollution …, 2015 - Elsevier
This work analyses a 30 year water quality data set collated from chemical analyses of
Kuwait's marine waters. Spatial patterns across six sites in Kuwait Bay and seven sites …

Concentrations of trace elements in a rare and threatened coastal shark from the Arabian Gulf (smoothtooth blacktip Carcharhinus leiodon)

ABM Moore, T Bolam, BP Lyons, JR Ellis - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2015 - Elsevier
Kuwait's waters are one of only two locations where the smoothtooth blacktip shark
Carcharhinus leiodon is known to occur. Concentrations of 11 trace elements were analysed …

Mineralogical characteristics of surface sediment in Sulaibikhat Bay, Kuwait

H Alshemmari, AM Al-Dousari, L Talebi… - Kuwait Journal of …, 2013 - journalskuwait.org
Surface sediment samples were collected from 35 locations in Sulaibikhat Bay, Kuwait.
Grain sizes, total organic carbon (TOC), carbonate and mineralogical data were determined …

Spatial and temporal analysis of the risks posed by metal contamination in coastal and marine sediments of Bahrain

EEM Nicolaus, DL Maxwell, AS Khamis… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Nine metals including Al, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn were analysed from
sediment samples collected from 29 stations since 2007 from Bahraini waters. Within this …

A preliminary study on benthic nutrient exchange across sediment-water interfaces in a shallow marine protected area of the Northwestern Arabian Gulf

A Sarkar, T Al-Said, SWA Naqvi, A Ahmed… - Marine Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sedimentary processes are expected to play a crucial role in macronutrient cycling of the
shallow Arabian Gulf. To investigate this aspect, sediment cores were collected from the …