First report of bioaccumulation and bioconcentration of aliphatic hydrocarbons (AHs) and persistent organic pollutants (PAHs, PCBs and PCNs) and their effects on alcyonacea and scleractinian corals and their endosymbiotic algae from the Persian Gulf, Iran

• Main Authors: Jafarabadi, Ali Ranjbar, Bakhtiari, Alireza Riyahi, Aliabadian, Mansour, Laetitia, Hédouin, Toosi, Amirhossein Shadmehri, Yap, Chee Kong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72765/1/First%20report%20of%20bioaccumulation%20and%20bioconcentration%20of%20aliphatic%20hydrocarbons%20.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72765/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969718302262

The coral reefs of the Persian Gulf are the most diverse systems of life in the marine environment of the Middle East. Unfortunately, they are highly threatened by local and global stressors, particularly oil pollutants. This is the first quantitative and qualitative study aimed at assessing the con...