Oil Pollution And Its Environmental Impact In The Arabian Gulf Region

Situated within the richest oil area in the world, the Arabian Gulf represents a stressed ecosystem with scarce published data and environmental studies.

The oil-related activities cause significant damages to different
ecosystem components such as coral reefs, algal mats, mangrove and
other habitats. In addition to the increasing potential of pollution
and its adverse effect on the ecosystem, oil spills and relevant
implications can severely affect the main source of desalinated water
for the Gulf countries due to their limited water resources. Interest
in pollution issues associated with Arabian Gulf has been growing in
the last few years. These issues include identification and
documentation of the major sources of oil pollution in the Gulf
region, evaluation of the analytical methods used to identify the
different types of pollutants, review of the recent advances in oil
pollution impact treatment and prevention, develop stronger
cooperation ties between interested members of the community, and
encourage awareness of the oil pollution as a serious environmental
problem in the region.

This book compiles recent studies addressing the above issues grouped
in four categories; monitoring and characterizing oil spills, modeling
the fate of pollutants and oil slicks in marine water, environmental
effects of oil pollution on the ecosystem components, and combating,
prevention and treatment of oil pollution.

* Studies oil pollution issues in association with the Arabian Gulf
* Compiles recent case studies conducted in the Arabian Gulf
* Addresses diverse topics related to pollution issues in the marine
water in general and in the Arabian Gulf inparticular

Annotation
Situated within the richest oil area in the world, the Arabian Gulf
represents a stressed ecosystem with scarce published data and
environmental studies.

The oil-related activities cause significant damages to different
ecosystem components such as coral reefs, algal mats, mangrove and
other habitats. In addition to the increasing potential of pollution
and its adverse effect on the ecosystem, oil spills and relevant
implications can severely affect the main source of desalinated water
for the Gulf countries due to their limited water resources. Interest
in pollution issues associated with Arabian Gulf has been growing in
the last few years. These issues include identification and
documentation of the major sources of oil pollution in the Gulf
region, evaluation of the analytical methods used to identify the
different types of pollutants, review of the recent advances in oil
pollution impact treatment and prevention, develop stronger
cooperation ties between interested members of the community, and
encourage awareness of the oil pollution as a serious environmental
problem in the region.

This book compiles recent studies addressing the above issues grouped
in four categories; monitoring and characterizing oil spills, modeling
the fate of pollutants and oil slicks in marine water, environmental
effects of oil pollution on the ecosystem components, and combating,
prevention and treatment of oil pollution. Studies oil pollution
issues in association with the Arabian Gulf