The mixed layer depth (MLD) in Gulf of Aden is analyzed using vertical high resolution (1m) profiles of both temperature and density. Firstly, we examined threshold and gradient methods for estimating the MLD. Close evaluation with individual profiles reveals the failure of both methods for most of the profiles. Furthermore, the curvature method, a relatively recent approach to define ocean MLD...

PURPOSE: This technical note summarizes current knowledge regarding the conservation and management of Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus; abbreviated as SNPL; also called Kentish Plover in Europe) along the eastern Gulf of Mexico coast in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi (Figures 1 and 2). Comprehensive surveys suggest there are ~250 SNPL breeding pairs in this region. This has led to subs...

Symptoms and illnesses reported by veterans of the 1991 Gulf War era are a cause of potential concern for those military members who have deployed to the Gulf region in support of more recent contingency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the present study, we quantified self-reported symptoms from participants in the Millennium Cohort Study, a prospective study representing all US service ...

In studies done a decade apart, we provide evidence of a recent shift toward a slower progression to sexual maturity as well as reduced egg production, especially among young, small female red snapper, in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf). Slower maturation rates (among fish ≤6 years old), lower GSI values and decreased spawning frequency were observed, and were especially pronounced in the northwester...

BACKGROUND Rheumatic symptoms were commonly described among soldiers who served in previous wars. OBJECTIVE To describe the frequency of rheumatology consultations, along with the diagnoses, and abnormal results on serologic testing in Gulf War veterans evaluated for Gulf War syndrome. METHODS The medical records of the first 250 consecutive Gulf War veterans referred to the comprehensive c...

The main goal of this study is to understand the hydrological and biochemical set up and processes of a marine coastal area located in the western side of the south Adriatic sea (the gulf of Manfredonia) by the use of both satellite images and in situ investigations A water sampling in the gulf of Manfredonia was performed at 18 fixed stations in June 2003; physico-chemical and biological param...

This paper presents a fish inventory of the Jordanian Gulf of Aqaba. Fish sampling was conducted by means of different fishing gears, monitoring of local fish market and visual census technique. A total of 507 fish species belonging to 109 families with an average of 4.7 species per family; 18 Chondrichthyes and 489 Ostichthyes. The largest families are as follows (number of species in parenthe...

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...

We used time series of biomass and catches for the major commercial groundfish stocks in the Eastern Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands region and in he Gulf of Alaska to compute annual surplus production for 1977–2004. Annual surplus production and average annual biomass were aggregated cross stocks within each region to examine the relationship between total surplus production and total aggregated b...

One central health question remains unanswered 7 years after the war with Iraq: Is there a "Gulf War syndrome"? Within a few months of returning home in 1991, some of the 750,000 Gulf War veterans from the United States, Great Britain, and Canada began complaining of fatigue, headaches, joint pains, sleep disturbances, cognitive difficulties, and other physical (somatic) symptoms (1). Approxima...