Fish Bile as Biomarker of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Pollution in the Khure Mussa – Persian Gulf

fish bile as biomarker of total petroleum hydrocarbon pollution in the khure mussa – persian gulf

total petroleum hydrocarbon ( tph ) are environmental contaminants that are released into the marine environment through oil spills, industrial and domestic activities. tph are readily transformed into more hydrophilic metabolites, which are accumulated in bile. thus fish bile can be used as a biomarker of exposure of fish to tph in the marine environment. in this study several stations were se...

Fish Larvae Assembelge in the Northwestern Coast of the Persian Gulf: Khure Mussa Channel

Ichthyoplankton data provide a base for research into population dynamics of major fishery species. Information on ichthyoplankton ecology forms an important component of stock assessment and fishery management plans. Also, nursery areas are important regions for the recruitment success of fishery stocks and as such, conservation of these areas is a key part of fishery management. Temporal dist...

Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH) Burden in Fish Tissues from the Arabian Gulf

Waqar Ashraf Department of Natural Sciences, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahad University, Al Khobar 31952, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ([email protected]) & Atiq Mian Center for Environment & Water, King Fahad University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abstract: The levels of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and lipid contents have been reported for eight commercially im...

Application of Abundance Biomass Curve in Ecological Health Assessment of Khure-Mussa (Northwest of the Persian Gulf)

Khuzestan coastal waters have high fisheries potential and ecological importance. Since different sources of stress exist in this area, the present study was conducted to evaluate ecological quality and to determine health status in Khuzestan coastal sediments based on benthic communities and their biological parameters. Seasonal sampling was done from 20 creeks of Khur-e-Mussa area in Khuzesta...

Fish Poisoning in the Persian Gulf

Evaluating Total Mercury and Methyl Mercury Contents in Canned Tuna Fish of the Persian Gulf

Due to hygienic risks of mercury residues in food and marine originated supplements, measuring total mercury and methyl mercury contents of canned tuna as a highly consumable marine food product is essential. In this study, 40 canned Tuna fish (from Persian Gulf) were collected in 2015 and then flame atomic absorption spectrometer (FAAS) and thermo gas chromatography mass spectrophotometry were...