Hydro-environmental Characteristics of Seawater around Boubyan Island,Kuwait Using Annual Variations of Seawater Temperature,Salinity and Tide Fluctuations
作者机构：Coastal Management ProgramEnvironment and Life Sciences Research CentreKuwait Institute for Scientific ResearchP.O.Box 24885Safat13109Kuwait
出 版 物：《Journal of Marine Science》 (海洋科学杂志（英文）)
年 卷 期：2019年第1卷第2期
页 面：28-38页
基 金：supported by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences(KFAS)(Project No.2012-1401-01)
主 题：Shatt Al-Arab Khor Al-Sabiya Khor Abdullah Seawater temperature Salinity Tide
摘 要：The temporal and spatial variations of seawater temperature,salinity,and tidal fluctuations are important parameters for understanding the hydrodynamic,water quality,and marine biological activity in the *** is also important to study and understand the probability and statistical aspects of these parameters for the planning and implementation of different types of marine *** parameters were measured at five different locations around Boubyan Island,Kuwait,for a span of almost one year during *** on the analysis of the measured data,it is found that the seawater salinity has varied from 34.14 to 48.31 *** seawater temperature is also found to vary from 10.83 oC to 35.67 *** seawater level has varied from-2.694 m to 2.378 m with respect to the mean sea *** is found that the peak of the probability density of seawater level is flat valued,whereas the probability density of salinity and seawater temperature is multimodal.A comparison of present and past measured seawater temperatures revealed that in Khor Al-Sabiya,the seawater temperature is increasing at the rate of 0.034 oC/year,which clearly indicates the effect of global warming.A similar study reveals that the annual average increase in salinity at Khor Al-Sabiya is 0.38 ppt,which clearly indicates a significant reduction of freshwater flow from Shatt Al-Arab into the Arabian *** Kuwait is investing in many projects around the Boubyan Island,the results of this study will be useful for the integrated and sustainable development of Boubyan and Failaka Islands in Kuwait.
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