HAS THE GULF-WAR AFFECTED CORAL-REEFS OF THE NORTHWESTERN GULF

被引：27

作者：

DOWNING, N ^{[1
]}

ROBERTS, C ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV VIRGIN ISL, EASTERN CARIBBEAN CTR, ST THOMAS, VI 00802 USA

来源：

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN | 1993年 / 27卷

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D O I：

10.1016/0025-326X(93)90019-G

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Surveys of offshore and nearshore reefs in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia were undertaken during the latter part of 1992. A small, inshore platform reef located close to one of the Kuwait sources of the Gulf War oil spill had been partially impacted. However, corals were recovering and it supported a healthy fish community. No evidence of pollution damage was detected on the Saudi Arabian reefs, and a patchy distribution of mortality in three species of coral was found on the offshore Kuwait reefs. Analysis of long term changes in the Kuwait reef fish populations reveal a downward trend in numbers. It is concluded that natural fluctuations in the coral reef community may have effectively masked any supposed impact of the Gulf War, and suggested that only continued monitoring will reveal any longer term Gulf War effects.

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页码：149 / 156

页数：8