OBJECTIVES Sea cucumber is one of the classes of echinoderms, which is considered as a health marine product and possess various biological characteristics with therapeutic application. The present investigation attempted to evaluate the potential of anti-cancer Persian Gulf sea cucumber species Holothuria arenicola (H. arenicola) aqueous extract on mice colon carcinoma cells in vitro and in vi...

In this study, the relationship between annual sunspot number (ASN) and annual precipitation totals (APT) has been investigated over the northern coasts of the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea by using two statistical methods: contingency tables and cross-correlation function. Only Bushehr and Jask stations (270 mm and 140 mm mean APT) have long term monthly precipitation records started instrumentall...

six species of sargassum c. agardh (sargassaceae) with compressed primary branches, including: s. binderi sonder, s. aquifolium (turner)c. agardh, s. oligocystum montagne, s. swartzii (turner)c. agardh, s. crassifolium j. agardh and s. cristaefolium c. a. agardh, were identified in the persian gulf and oman sea coasts, among which s. binderi is reported as newly recorded species in iran for the...

changes in the microbial community in response to catastrophic oil spills in marine and fresh water environments have been well documented. molecular methods provide tools for analyzing the entire bacterial community, covering also those bacteria that have not been cultured in the laboratory. in this study, four different microcosms were set up containing sediments collected from the persian gu...

rocky shores are one of the most important habitats of marine environment in coastal areas. they host marine organisms including seaweeds because of existence of strong and stable substrate for their growths. intertidal rocky shores are a prominent feature on coastal areas of qeshm island located at the northern part of strait of hormuz. in order to study biomass of seaweeds on rocky intertidal...

given the reduced freshwater supplies across the world, seawater desalination is one of the appropriate methods available for producing freshwater. selecting an optimal location is crucial in the installation of these plants owing to the environmental problems they cause. the present study was conducted to identify optimal locations for installing desalination plants in the coastal areas of sou...

The manuscript reviews the available literature of 2015-2022 on microplastic content in commercially important fish species, molluscs and crustaceans Arabian/Persian Gulf. concentrations beaches, subtidal sediment, surface water different regions Gulf is evaluated, also. Overall, reported concentration marine organisms has been found to be less than for comparable waters such as Mediterranean S...