@article{,

title = {The relationship between algal blooms, fish kill incidents, and oxygen depletions along the Omani coast},

author = {Piontkovski, SA,Al-Gheilani, HMH,Jupp, B,Sarma, YVB,Al-Azri, AR},

issn = {0973-2667},

year  = {2012},

date = {2012-01-01},

journal = {International Journal of Oceans and Oceanography},

volume = {6},

number = {429},

pages = {145-177},

abstract = {A persistence of hypoxia is a common feature for the Sea of Oman, and the

western Arabian Sea. By using historical data complemented by ongoing

measurements, the relationship between the frequency of harmful algal

blooms, fish kill incidents, and oxygen depletions, was investigated. In the Sea

of Oman, the seasonal pattern exhibited a tendency of fish kill incidents to

increase, from January to November. In the western Arabian Sea, the pattern

was different- maximal occurrence of fish kill incidences was observed in

December and January. In 1988-2011, the number of harmful algal blooms

accompanied by fish kills was 4 times higher for the Sea of Oman (N= 91)

compared to the Arabian Sea coast (N= 22), whereas the total number of fish

kill incidents was about the same (22 versus 25). This means that the Arabian

Sea coast faced more frequent harmful blooms than the Sea of Oman. The Sea

of Oman coastal time series of the dissolved oxygen concentration implied a

steady decline throughout the year, from January to December. The fish kill

incidents in this region were mainly driven by oxygen depletions, whereas in

the Arabian Sea these incidents were mediated by the harmful algal blooms

along with the oxygen depletions. In analyzing the Omani coast as a whole,

the Ridge Multiple Regression Analysis implied the dissolved oxygen

concentration and monthly occurrence of algal blooms as the two variables

explaining 75% of the seasonal variations in fish kill incidents.},

keywords = {Arabian Sea, fish kill, Gulf of Oman, Harmful Algal Bloom, mass mortality, oxygen minimum, Sea of Oman, seasonal change, Sultanate of Oman},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}