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The Anthropogenic Effects on Coral Reefs Across Northern Coasts of Oman: A GIS based Modeling

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Shawky Mansour, Talal Al-Awadhi, Salim Al Hatrushi and Ali Al Buloshi

Marine environment of Sultanate of Oman has variety of valuable coral reefs ecosystems. The northern coasts contain some of the most extensive and diverse coral reefs. However, recent evidences indicate that changes in Omani coral reefs have been occurring during the last two decades and the coral communities have been affected by natural factors and human disturbances. In this research, we performed several GIS functions to provide an effective spatial assessment of Omani coral reefs. A GIS based measure was applied and a logistic regression technique was performed to estimate coral bleaching across northern coasts of Oman. Several spatial aspects are explicitly integrated in the study conceptual framework particularly probability map of coral bleaching and... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2327-4581.1000157

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