Assessment of areas environmentally sensitive to oil spills in the western Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, for planning and undertaking an effective response
Mar Pollut Bull. 2020 Jan:150:110588.
doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110588.
Epub 2019 Nov 13.
1 Department of Geosciences, College of Petroleum Engineering & Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia.
2 Center for Environment & Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia; Department of Geosciences, College of Petroleum Engineering & Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia.
3 Computational and Data Sciences Graduate Program, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, Orange, 92867, CA, USA.
4 Center for Environment & Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia.
5 Center for Environment & Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: manikand@kfupm.edu.sa.
6 Department of Life Sciences, College of Science, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia.
7 Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling & Observations, Chapman University, Orange, 92867, CA, USA; Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, Orange, 92867, CA, USA; Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Moharem Bek, 21522, Alexandria, Egypt.