Browsing Faculty Contributions by Subject "Arabian Peninsula"
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Airborne Sounding Radar for Desert Subsurface Exploration of Aquifers: Desert-SEA: Mission concept study [Space Agencies]
( IEEE , 2024 , Article)Shallow aquifers are the largest freshwater bodies in the North African Sahara and the Arabian Peninsula. Their groundwater dynamics and response to climatic variability and anthropogenic discharge remain largely unquantified ... -
Arab 'Parliamentarisation' in the Arab Spring context: The normative vs. the practical
( Deutsches Orient-Institut , 2016 , Article Review)[No abstract available] -
Diversity, Distribution, and applications of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the Arabian Peninsula
( Elsevier B.V. , 2024 , Other)Investigations of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) received extreme interests among scientist including agronomists and environmental scientists. This interest is linked to advantages provided by AMF in enhancing the ... -
Localized outbreaks of coral disease on Arabian reefs are linked to extreme temperatures and environmental stressors
( Springer , 2020 , Article)The Arabian Peninsula borders the hottest reefs in the world, and corals living in these extreme environments can provide insight into the effects of warming on coral health and disease. Here, we examined coral reef health ... -
New records of freshwater crustaceans from vernal pools of Qatar including large branchiopods and a Mysid Shrimp, a natural resource of economic importance for the aquaculture industry
( University of Akron , 2017 , Article Review)During an intensive survey of fresh water macroinvertebrates from vernal and permanent inland waters of Qatar, at the wet seasons of 2016 and 2017, seven species of crustaceans (one cladoceran, one notostaracan, two ... -
Spatial Covariate Adjusted Survival Rates for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) Coronavirus in the Arabian Peninsula
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)The frequent outbreaks of novel or emerging infectious diseases are alarming. There is a need for urgent and appropriate intervention that can be adapted quickly for such diseases. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus ... -
Variation in plant litter decomposition rates across extreme dry environments in Qatar
( University of Akron , 2017 , Article Review)Decomposition of plant litter is a key process for transfer of carbon and nutrients in ecosystems. Carbon contained in decaying biomass is released to the atmosphere as respired CO2, a greenhouse gas that contributes to ...