St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center coral reef research

Fact Sheet ◽  
2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Z. Poore ◽  
Ilsa B. Kuffner ◽  
Christina A. Kellogg
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Marine Science ◽  
Science Center

Patterns in parent–child conversations about animals at a marine science center

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer C. Rigney ◽  
Maureen A. Callanan
Keyword(s):  
Marine Science ◽  
Science Center ◽  
Parent Child

scholarly journals A Study of Fauna Assemblages and Their Relation to the Sediment Accumulation in the Coral Reef Area, NW of the Arabian Gulf

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (1D) ◽  
pp. 114-128
Author(s):  
Zainab Al-Humaidan
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Arabian Gulf ◽  
Sediment Accumulation ◽  
Science Center ◽  
Reef Area ◽  
Total Percentage ◽  
Coral Reef Area ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

The discovery of coral reefs in Iraqi marine waters is a new event in 2012 and it covers an area of approximately 28 km2 at the southern end of Khor Al-Amia. A team of divers from the German Freiburg Institute for Mining and Technology and Marine Science Center at the University of Basra were able to find coral reefs in the NW part of the Arabian Gulf. The aim of this article is to study fauna assemblages and try to understand the relationship between the accumulation of sediments and fauna assemblages in the Coral Reef area NW of the Arabian Gulf, southern of Iraq. Four surface samples of sediments of the area were studied and determined the relationship between the types of texture and the amount of fauna and shell fragments. Mollusca was chosen from among the existing groups of fauna due to the great number of species and large sizes, also Bryozoa studied in the region. The sand texture is predominant in the sediments of the area and the sand ratio was between 55-97% most of their grains are fine and round. The sediments of the region were distinguished by a high percentage of shells between 24–69% from the total percentage of sand. The phenomenon of multiple colors of sand and fauna revealed this due to the presence of minerals and oxides, impurities and pollution in the region, and genetic factors concerning fauna. Many species were diagnosed in the sediments of the region, reaching 62 species of Mollusca and Bryozoa. Mollusca is classified into three types (Gastropod, Pelecypoda and Scaphopoda). Some species were recorded for the first time in the region such as Japonactaeonpusillus, Cylichna cylindracea and Cuna majeeda.

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