Browsing Marine Science Cluster by Author "Abdel-Moati, Mohamed A."

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    • Geochemical composition of dust from Qatar peninsula 

      Al-Ansari, Ebrahim S.; Abdel-Moati, Mohamed A.; Al-Ansi, Mehsin A.; Yigiterhan, Oguz; Al-Shaikh, Ismail; ... more authors ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2015 , Conference Paper)
      Atmospheric dust samples have been collected from different areas in Qatar and analyzed for major and trace element composition. This region of the Arabian Gulf represents an area largely affected by dust from natural and ...

    • Identification of Important Sea Turtle Areas (ITAs) for hawksbill turtles in the Arabian Region 

      Pilcher, Nicolas J.; Antonopoulou, Marina; Perry, Lisa; Abdel-Moati, Mohamed A.; Al Abdessalaam, Thabit Zahran; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2014 , Article)
      We present the first data on hawksbill turtle post-nesting migrations and behaviour in the Arabian region. Tracks from 90 post-nesting turtles (65 in the Gulf and 25 from Oman) revealed that hawksbills in the Arabian region ...

    • Macrobenthos in the central Arabian Gulf: a reflection of climate extremes and variability 

      Wei, Chih-Lin; Rowe, Gilbert T.; Al-Ansi, Mohsin; Al-Maslamani, Ibrahim; Soliman, Yousria; ... more authors ( Springer International Publishing , 2016 , Article)
      The arid subtropical ecosystem of the central Arabian Gulf was used to explore the combined effects of low primary productivity, high salinities, and variable temperatures on the composition and structure of benthic ...

    • Short-term behavioural responses to thermal stress by hawksbill turtles in the Arabian region 

      Pilcher, Nicolas J.; Perry, Lisa; Antonopoulou, Marina; Abdel-Moati, Mohamed A.; Al Abdessalaam, Thabit Zahran; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2014 , Article)
      We present a previously unrecorded short-term behavioural response by hawksbill sea turtles to elevated sea surface temperatures in the Persian/Arabian Gulf. Surface waters typically exceed 30°C for sustained periods during ...