Marine health of the Arabian Gulf: Drivers of pollution and assessment approaches focusing on desalination activities

The effect of long-term brine discharge from desalination plants on benthic foraminifera

(2020) Chen Kenigsberg et al.   PLoS One

Modelling the distributions of desalination brines from multiple sources along the Mediterranean coast of Israel

(2020) Julie E. Wood et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Environmental DNA can act as a biodiversity barometer of anthropogenic pressures in coastal ecosystems

(2020) Joseph D. DiBattista et al.   Scientific Reports

Ocean acidification induces distinct transcriptomic responses across life history stages of the sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma

(2020) Hannah R. Devens et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Modeling the effects of brine outflow from desalination plants on coastal food-webs of the Levantine basin (eastern Mediterranean Sea)

(2020) Michal Grossowicz et al.   DESALINATION

Water, Energy and Food Supply Security in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries—A Risk Perspective

(2019) Mohammad Al-Saidi et al.   Water

Prevention is better than cure: Persian Gulf biodiversity vulnerability to the impacts of desalination plants

(2019) Moslem Sharifinia et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Desalination brine disposal methods and treatment technologies - A review

(2019) Argyris Panagopoulos et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Holistic pelagic biodiversity monitoring of the Black Sea via eDNA metabarcoding approach: From bacteria to marine mammals

(2019) Yan Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Seawater quality at the brine discharge site from two mega size seawater reverse osmosis desalination plants in Israel (Eastern Mediterranean)

(2019) Nurit Kress et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Environmental issues in seawater reverse osmosis desalination: Intakes and outfalls

(2018) Thomas M. Missimer et al.   DESALINATION

Effect of disturbances on MED-TVC plant characteristics: Dynamic modeling and simulation

(2018) Mohamed L. Elsayed et al.   DESALINATION

A novel earth observation based ecological indicator for cyanobacterial blooms

(2018) Saku Anttila et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Climate change impacts on marine biodiversity, fisheries and society in the Arabian Gulf

(2018) Colette C. C. Wabnitz et al.   PLoS One

The next generation of site-based long-term ecological monitoring: Linking essential biodiversity variables and ecosystem integrity

(2018) Peter Haase et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Impact of brine and antiscalants on reef-building corals in the Gulf of Aqaba – Potential effects from desalination plants

(2018) Karen Lykkebo Petersen et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Metabarcoding of marine environmental DNA based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes

(2018) Babett Günther et al.   Scientific Reports

Acute oil exposure reduces physiological process rates in Arctic phyto- and zooplankton

(2018) Signe Lemcke et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Chronic effects of brine discharge form large-scale seawater reverse osmosis desalination facilities on benthic bacteria

(2018) Hila Frank et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Ecotoxicological impact assessment of the brine discharges from a desalination plant in the marine waters of the Algerian west coast, using a multibiomarker approach in a limpet, Patella rustica

(2017) Meriem Benaissa et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Eutrophication-induced acidification of coastal waters in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Insights into origin and processes from a coupled physical-biogeochemical model

(2017) Arnaud Laurent et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Temperature, DOC level and basin interactions explain the declining oxygen concentrations in the Bothnian Sea

(2017) Joakim Ahlgren et al.   JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS

Assessing and managing stressors in a changing marine environment

(2017) Peter M Chapman   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

New opportunities in mass and energy consumption of the Multi-Stage Flash Distillation type of brackish water desalination process

(2017) I. Khoshrou et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Rapid emergence of climate change in environmental drivers of marine ecosystems

(2017) Stephanie A. Henson et al.   Nature Communications

Variability of marine macrofouling assemblages in a marina and a mariculture centre in Bahrain, Arabian Gulf

(2017) Humood A. Naser   Regional Studies in Marine Science

Analysis of the microbiome: Advantages of whole genome shotgun versus 16S amplicon sequencing

(2016) Ravi Ranjan et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Amazon aquatic biodiversity imperiled by oil spills

(2016) Valter M. Azevedo-Santos et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

How do ecologists select and use indicator species to monitor ecological change? Insights from 14 years of publication in Ecological Indicators

(2016) Ahmed A.H. Siddig et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

People-Technology-Ecosystem Integration

(2016) Najmedin Meshkati et al.   HUMAN FACTORS

Bioindicators: the natural indicator of environmental pollution

(2016) Trishala K. Parmar et al.   Frontiers in Life Science

Editorial: From Genes to Species: Novel Insights from Metagenomics

(2016) Eamonn P. Culligan et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The truth about metagenomics: quantifying and counteracting bias in 16S rRNA studies

(2015) J Paul Brooks et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Energy and environmental issues in desalination

(2015) Sydney Miller et al.   DESALINATION

Large-scale solar desalination by combination with CSP: Techno-economic analysis of different options for the Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Gulf

(2015) Patricia Palenzuela et al.   DESALINATION

Technoeconomic study of a novel integrated thermal MSF–MED desalination technology

(2015) Abdel Nasser Mabrouk et al.   DESALINATION

Towards the automated detection and occupancy estimation of primates using passive acoustic monitoring

(2015) Ammie K. Kalan et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Marine biodiversity and ecosystem function relationships: The potential for practical monitoring applications

(2015) James Asa Strong et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Status of macrobenthic communities in the hypersaline waters of the Gulf of Salwa, Arabian Gulf

(2015) T.V. Joydas et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

The role of environmental impact assessment in protecting coastal and marine environments in rapidly developing islands: The case of Bahrain, Arabian Gulf

(2015) Humood A. Naser   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Contrasting futures for ocean and society from different anthropogenic CO2 emissions scenarios

(2015) J.- P. Gattuso et al.   SCIENCE

Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global ocean

(2015) D. J. McCauley et al.   SCIENCE

Spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean

(2015) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   Nature Communications

Heavy metals in the soils of the Arabian Gulf coast affected by industrial activities: analysis and assessment using enrichment factor and multivariate analysis

(2014) Fahad I. Almasoud et al.   Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Multi-model ensemble projections of climate change effects on global marine biodiversity

(2014) Miranda C. Jones et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Concentration, composition and sources of PAHs in the coastal sediments of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Qatar, Arabian Gulf

(2014) Y.S. Soliman et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine legislation – The ultimate ‘horrendogram’: International law, European directives & national implementation

(2014) Suzanne J. Boyes et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sequencing depth and coverage: key considerations in genomic analyses

(2014) David Sims et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

MyTaxa: an advanced taxonomic classifier for genomic and metagenomic sequences

(2014) Chengwei Luo et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Satellite remote sensing, biodiversity research and conservation of the future

(2014) N. Pettorelli et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

From molecules to dynamic biological communities

(2013) Daniel McDonald et al.   BIOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY

Subsurface intakes for seawater reverse osmosis facilities: Capacity limitation, water quality improvement, and economics

(2013) Thomas M. Missimer et al.   DESALINATION

Assessing marine ecosystem acoustic diversity across ocean basins

(2013) Susan E. Parks et al.   Ecological Informatics

An effective regional Marine Protected Area network for the ROPME Sea Area: Unrealistic vision or realistic possibility?

(2013) Hanneke Van Lavieren et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Genomics in marine monitoring: New opportunities for assessing marine health status

(2013) Sarah J. Bourlat et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A Review and Inventory of Fixed Autonomous Recorders for Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Mammals

(2013) Renata Sousa-Lima   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Estimating animal population density using passive acoustics

(2012) Tiago A. Marques et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

The effect of salinity increase on the photosynthesis, growth and survival of the Mediterranean seagrass Cymodocea nodosa

(2012) José M. Sandoval-Gil et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Beaked whale and dolphin tracking using a multichannel autonomous acoustic recorder

(2012) Sean M. Wiggins et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

An emergent science on the brink of irrelevance: a review of the past 8 years of DNA barcoding

(2012) H. R. TAYLOR et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Sequencing our way towards understanding global eukaryotic biodiversity

(2012) Holly M. Bik et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems

(2011) Scott C. Doney et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Localized hyper saline waters in Arabian Gulf from desalination activity—an example from South Kuwait

(2011) Saif Uddin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Acoustic monitoring in terrestrial environments using microphone arrays: applications, technological considerations and prospectus

(2011) Daniel T. Blumstein et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Environmental Barcoding: A Next-Generation Sequencing Approach for Biomonitoring Applications Using River Benthos

(2011) Mehrdad Hajibabaei et al.   PLoS One

Remote Sensing of Mangrove Ecosystems: A Review

(2011) Claudia Kuenzer et al.   Remote Sensing

Human-driven impacts on marine habitats: A regional meta-analysis in the Mediterranean Sea

(2010) Joachim Claudet et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Remote Sensing Techniques for Studying Coastal Ecosystems: An Overview

(2010) Victor Klemas   JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH

Spatial and temporal patterns of Risso’s dolphin echolocation in the Southern California Bight

(2010) Melissa S. Soldevilla et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Distribution of petroleum hydrocarbons and organochlorinated contaminants in marine biota and coastal sediments from the ROPME Sea Area during 2005

(2010) Stephen de Mora et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Using very high resolution remote sensing for the management of coral reef fisheries: Review and perspectives

(2010) Mélanie A. Hamel et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Transitional states in marine fisheries: adapting to predicted global change

(2010) M. A. MacNeil et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Impacts of desalination plant discharges on the marine environment: A critical review of published studies

(2010) David A. Roberts et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Protecting and managing the Arabian Gulf: Past, present and future

(2009) Waleed Hamza et al.   AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM HEALTH & MANAGEMENT

Desalination of brackish river water using Electrodialysis Reversal (EDR)

(2009) Fernando Valero et al.   DESALINATION

Contaminants reduce the richness and evenness of marine communities: A review and meta-analysis

(2009) Emma L. Johnston et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Helgoland Roads, North Sea: 45 Years of Change

(2009) Karen Helen Wiltshire et al.   Estuaries and Coasts

Measuring progress toward global marine conservation targets

(2009) Colette CC Wabnitz et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Remote, subsurface detection of the algal toxin domoic acid onboard the Environmental Sample Processor: Assay development and field trials

(2009) Gregory J. Doucette et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Comparison of manual and automated methods for identifying target sounds in audio recordings of Pileated, Pale-billed, and putative Ivory-billed woodpeckers

(2009) Kyle A. Swiston et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Application of remote sensing to parks and protected area monitoring: Introduction to the special issue

(2009) John E. Gross et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Altered Sand Salinity on Embryos of Beach-Spawning California Grunion

(2008) J. K. Matsumoto et al.   COPEIA

Environmental impact and impact assessment of seawater desalination

(2008) Sabine Lattemann et al.   DESALINATION

A unified index to measure ecological diversity and species rarity

(2008) Renio S. Mendes et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Advantages and limitations of quantitative PCR (Q-PCR)-based approaches in microbial ecology

(2008) Cindy J. Smith et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Effects of nutrient enrichment in the nation's estuaries: A decade of change

(2008) S.B. Bricker et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

An ecological acoustic recorder (EAR) for long-term monitoring of biological and anthropogenic sounds on coral reefs and other marine habitats

(2008) Marc O. Lammers et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Blue and fin whale acoustic presence around Antarctica during 2003 and 2004

(2008) Ana Širović et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

High-resolution metagenomics targets specific functional types in complex microbial communities

(2008) Marina G Kalyuzhnaya et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Rapid Acoustic Survey for Biodiversity Appraisal

(2008) Jérôme Sueur et al.   PLoS One

Thresholds of hypoxia for marine biodiversity

(2008) R. Vaquer-Sunyer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems

(2008) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   SCIENCE

The impact of next-generation sequencing technology on genetics

(2008) Elaine R. Mardis   TRENDS IN GENETICS