[1] Sea level rise in the Gulf ofMexico has occurred at a rate of 1.8–2.2 mm/yr during the 20th century, or nearly the same as observed globally due to combined steric and water mass changes. Tide gauges in coastal Louisiana, however, record a substantially larger rate of rise and while a number of causal mechanismsmay be responsible, their specific contribution is poorly understood. Using a re...

Aquatic environments are among the most vulnerable habitats that affect all Organisms. The Persian Gulf is home to numerous plant and animal species, biological safety at risk due its human activities. Traffic of oil commercial vessels in area, waste water, desalination, proximity industrial, refinery petrochemical units shores rivers, rigs, fishing, tourism activities potential hazards environ...

some biological characteristics and population dynamic of platycephalus indicus were studied during one year from may 2011 to march 2012 in the coastal waters of bandar abbas. a total of 1106 samples were collected. also, each month 35 fish was choosen and transferred to the laboratory for evaluation of spawning season.the ages of 279 specimens were determined by sectioned otoliths. the ages of...

this study was designed to evaluate population variation and differentiation of bartail flathead, platycephalusindicus (linnaeus, 1785)in the iranian waters of the persian gulf using the morphometric and meristic characters. a total of 180 fish were collected by gill net from six stations (khormosa, bahrekan, shif, motaf, charak and bandar abbas) of iranian coasts of persian gulf including 30 f...

Sea water samples were collected from 32 stations in the southern part of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman during winter of 1987. Surface water of the Persian Gulf exhibited wide range and higher values of salinity (37.15-43.95, mean 40.02%) compared with lower values and narrow range (36.58-36.95, mean 36.74%) in the Gulf of Oman. Surface salinity did not reflect any significant relations...

We examined subjective cognitive complaints, affective distress, and cognitive performance in Persian Gulf veterans who reported illness and cognitive complaints. We predicted a stronger relationship between subjective cognitive complaints and affective distress than between subjective cognitive complaints and objective cognitive performance. This prediction was confirmed in a sample of 100 vet...

Abstract In the Persian Gulf, Azooxanthellate Scleractinia remain understudied compared to their symbiotic counterparts. Here, we report presence of azooxanthellate coral Truncatoflabellum mortenseni (Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997) for first time in Iranian deep waters. This species was found on soft sediments at depths 83 and 101 m. Given this report, distribution range T. mortenseni, previousl...