plankton studies are one of the major items of the marine scientific activities in the ropme seaarea, whereas numerous investigations have been conducted on the plankton during the past century. forphytoplankton, species composition, abundance and biomass, primary production, harmful algal blooms, redtide, toxic species, and eutrophication were considered. zooplankton studies included species c...

there is a need to increase our knowledge about phytoplankton diversity and distribution in the iranian waters of the persian gulf and the gulf of oman. phytoplankton samples along with environmental parameters of the northeastern waters of the gulf of oman (gordim bay towards gwadar bay) were collected and recorded prior to summer monsoon (mid of march 2013). seven inshore and six offshore sta...

The subtropical ROPME Sea Area (RSA), comprising the Gulf, Gulf of Oman and northern Arabian Sea, is a heavily exploited sea region that experiences extreme environmental conditions, for which climate change expected to further impact marine ecosystems coastal communities, sectors industries. Climate risk assessments provide valuable tool inform decision-making adaptation planning through ident...

The Regional Organization for the Protection of Marine Environment (ROPME) Sea Area (RSA) in northern Indian Ocean, which comprises Gulf, Gulf Oman and Arabian Sea, already experiences naturally extreme environmental conditions incorporates one world’s warmest seas. There is growing evidence that climate change affecting RSA, areas including sea temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, leve...

Relationships between six calcifying plankton groups and pH are explored in a highly biologically productive and data-rich area of the central North Sea using time-series datasets. The long-term trends show that abundances of foraminiferans, coccolithophores, and echinoderm larvae have risen over the last few decades while the abundances of bivalves and pteropods have declined. Despite good cov...

this study reports the concentrations of important tracers of the marine environment, 210po and210pb, in different matrices from field samples collected at central adriatic sea (italy), a non-contaminatedmarine ecosystem. 210po concentration appears to decrease with increasing distance from the coast and asignificant difference in 210po concentrations in seawater samples at two different depths...