this study was conducted to investigation and determine of cadmium (cd) concentration in the liver of platycephalus indicus (flathead) in minab, qeshm island and khamir port (persian gulf). moreover, the effect of season (winter and summer) and sex (male and female) on cd concentration in flathead were investigated. cd concentration sampling was done in two station (minab, qeshm island and kham...

background: marine pollution is a global environmental problem that its monitoring by ideal biomonitors is of great importance. marine organisms, especially mussels, have the ability to accumulate metals from the environment they can be considered as a biomonitoring agent. methods: in this study, concentrations of heavy metals were measured in saccostrea cucullata collected from seven sites on ...

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...

concentrations of lead (pb) were found in the shells of the oyster saccostrea cucullata and sediments in may 2010. samples were obtained at four sites on qeshm island, at three sites on hormoz island, and at three sites in lengeh port along the intertidal coast of the persian gulf of iran. the levels of pb in sediments and shells were analyzed by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotom...

background: scorpions are known as the most widespread poisonous creatures that cause casualties and death to human. they are distributed in tropical and subtropical areas. among the sixteen iranian island in the persian gulf, qeshm island is the biggest and is located in the focus of the important internal and international commercial marinelines. furthermore, thousands of tourists also visit ...

Heterodina Schotte & Kensley, 2005 is revised with Heterodina qeshmensis sp. nov., described from the subtidal zone of the Qeshm Island, southern Iran. Heterodina qeshmensis sp. nov. is characterized by: unornamented dorsal surfaces, wide and anteriorly concave epistome, and the appendix masculina with sub-parallel margins and not extending beyond the distal margin of the endopod. A key to the ...

abstract the present work aims to determine fauna and abundance of hermit crabs in the southern qeshm island. for these aims, after preview of coastal zone, eight stations were selected in the intertidal zones of southern qeshm island. sampling in these stations was conducted during the dec. 2013. totally, 605 specimens of hermit crabs were studied and calculated. for identification and accurat...

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...

wastewater treatment technology in the cyclic nature of the process that takes a long time. but man tries to rush to their needs with experience and understanding of the natural processes of interaction, and using technology to build their industrial development is authorized. sewage treatment reed have been born from the vision of man's increasing need to water daily decreases the natural reso...