A5011492717- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Marine and environmental studies
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Soil and Environmental Studies
- Aquatic life and conservation
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
Qatar University
2020-2025
Blue carbon represents the organic retained in marine coastal ecosystems. Sabkhas (an Arabic for "mudflats"), formed tidal environments under arid conditions, have been proposed to be capable of sequestrating. Despite growing understanding critical role blue ecosystems, there is a current dispute about whether sabkhas around Persian Gulf can contribute retention as ecosystem. The arguments often lack data on contributor, inorganic form carbonates, which drive net exchange with atmosphere. In...
Abstract Coastal wetland sediments are vital to the global carbon cycle as they represent large sinks of blue – from atmospheric and oceanic sources which threatened by ecosystem loss. The forms sequestered sequestration capability affected many bio- geochemical factors that change unpredictably along coastal locales. In present study, we investigated three unique sites a mangrove two sabkhas with contrasting geology tidal influence in Qatar peninsula for their capture ability determine how...
Abstract Coastal Sabkhas are mudflats found in arid coastal regions that located within the supratidal zone when high rates of evaporation lead to salinity. While evaporitic minerals often accumulate underneath surface, microbial mats present on surface Sabkhas. Sabkha, an under-studied ecosystem Qatar, has potential store blue carbon. In study, we investigated carbon storage capacity two from contrasting geological backgrounds. The spatial and temporal variabilities stocks were examined....
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Blue carbon represents the organic captured and retained by marine coastal ecosystems. Studies on blue ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrass, salt marshes showed that these can capture store significant amounts of in sediments. Sabkhas (an Arabic term for “mudflats”) form harsh arid environments are proposed to be capable sequestrating carbon. Despite growing understanding critical role mitigating climate change, studies sequestration tropical areas scarce. In our present study, two sabkhas...