Browsing by Author "Obbard, Jeffrey Philip"

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    • Microplastics in coastal environments of the Arabian Gulf 

      Abayomi, Oyebamiji Abib; Range, Pedro; Al-Ghouti, Mohammad A.; Obbard, Jeffrey Philip; Almeer, Saeed Hashim; ... more authors ( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)
      Eight sandy beaches along the coastline of Qatar and four sea surface stations on the eastern coast, adjacent to Doha Bay, were surveyed between December 2014 and March 2015. Microplastics, mainly low density polyethylene ...

    • Prevalence of microplastics in the marine environment of Qatar's exclusive economic zone 

      Castillo, Azenith; Obbard, Jeffrey Philip ( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2015 , Conference Paper)
      Microplastics are now firmly recognized as a ubiquitous and growing global threat to marine biota, as well as their associated ecology and habitats. The prevalence of microplastics in the marine waters within Qatar’s ...

    • Prevalence of microplastics in the marine waters of Qatar 

      Castillo, Azenith B.; Al-Maslamani, Ibrahim; Obbard, Jeffrey Philip ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      The issue of plastic pollution in the marine environment is of increasing global concern. As plastics typically have an intrinsic durability, water insolubility and slow degradation rates, debris has now become both ...

    • Prevalence of microplastics in the marine waters of Qatar 

      Castillo, Azenith B.; Al-Maslamani, Ibrahim; Obbard, Jeffrey Philip ( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)
      Microplastics are firmly recognized as a ubiquitous and growing threat to marine biota and their associated marine habitats worldwide. The evidence of the prevalence of microplastics was documented for the first time in ...