BACKGROUND Since 1993, many studies on the health of Persian Gulf War veterans (PGWVs) have been undertaken. Some authors have concluded that an association exists between Gulf War service and reported infertility or miscarriage, but that effects on PGWV's children were limited. The present study's objective was to describe the reproductive outcome and health of offspring of French Gulf War vet...

[1] The assimilative capacities of estuaries and coastal seas for effluent discharges are predominantly determined by the rates at which pollutant‐bearing effluents are first dispersed and then flushed from the coastal region into the open ocean. The dispersion coefficients and flushing, as measured by the water residence time in the Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf), were investigated using the thre...

Sea turtle epibionts can provide insights into the hosts' habitat use. However, at present, there is a lack of information on sea epibiont communities in many locations worldwide. Here, we describe 46 hawksbill turtles ( Eretmochelys imbricata ) Persian Gulf. Specifically, sampled 28 from Dayyer-Nakhiloo National Park (DNNP) northern Gulf and 18 Shibderaz beach Strait Hormuz. A total 54 macro, ...

Using the outline analysis of otolith to study stocks predominant species genus Acanthopagrus (Sparidae family) in Persian Gulf and Oman Sea

persian sea and persian gulf have a historical and geographical background that arabic sources approve their originality since long time ago so that the muslim writers, arabs and non-arabs, repeatedly mentioned these names in their works including historical, geographical and interpretative works and literary sources. in this study, we have tried to search and extract the usage of the terms “pe...

BACKGROUND Ulva genus, an edible seaweed, and an important food source in many south-east Asian countries is also recognized by its synonymous name as Enteromorpha. OBJECTIVES This study was carried out to evaluate antioxidant activity, contents of total phenolics, and flavonoids of methanolic extracts of edible green seaweeds including Ulva clathrata (Roth) C. Agardh and three samples of Ulv...