Estuaries and Coastal Zones in the Northern Persian Gulf (Iran)

Sharifinia, Moslem; Daliri, Moslem; Kamrani, Ehsan

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-814003-1.00004-6

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“…Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have the highest and lowest numbers of DPs among the Persian Gulf countries (Figure b). The daily capacity of these plants for all of the Persian Gulf countries is about 11 million m 3 per day, which is approximately equal to half the global production (Gorjian & Ghobadian, ; Sharifinia et al, ). Lattemann and Höpner () reported that 81% of the desalinated water in the Persian Gulf countries is produced by MSF and 13% by MED, but only 6% by reverse osmosis.…”

Section: Distribution Of Dps In the World And Persian Gulf Countriesmentioning

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“…Given the increasing rates of development of urban areas and coastal construction in the Persian Gulf region, anthropogenic activities and climate change will be important threats to the future of biodiversity in marine ecosystems (Griffith, Strutton, & Semmens, ; Henson et al, ; Kamrani et al, ; Segan, Murray, & Watson, ; Sharifinia et al, , ; Sharifinia, Penchah, Mahmoudifard, Gheibi, & Zare, ; Taherizadeh & Sharifinia, ). The impacts of DPs on marine biodiversity include decreases in sensitive species, reductions in plankton abundance, decreases in hard substrate epifauna, and growth rate decreases of seagrasses (Roberts et al, ).…”

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“…Owing to extreme evaporation (1.54 m/year; Brewer & Dyrssen, ) and low precipitation rates (0.03–0.11 m/year), the Persian Gulf is highly saline (average salinity for the entire region is more than 37; Moaddab, Khabazi, & Roosta, ). The rapid increase in the number of DPs will lead to ecological stresses by increasing water temperatures and salinities throughout the region, decreasing dissolved oxygen concentrations, and increasing heavy metal concentrations (Sharifinia et al, ). Despite the documented impacts of DP discharges on marine species, the Persian Gulf region suffers from a lack of research on the regional impacts, with limited research that addresses environmental issues of DPs in general (de la Ossa‐Carretero et al, ; Lattemann & Höpner, ; Roberts et al, ).…”

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“…The Persian Gulf is facing with many threats resulting from natural changes and anthropogenic pressures. Marine species diversity, ecosystem health, and fisheries are currently threatened by multiple stressors such as industrial effluents, reclamation and dredging, oil pollution, overfishing, and other natural and anthropogenic factors (Figure ; Daliri, Kamrani, Jentoft, & Paighambari, ; Kamrani, Sharifinia, & Hashemi, ; Sharifinia, Daliri, & Kamrani, ; Sharifinia, Taherizadeh, Namin, & Kamrani, ). Despite the potential effects of DPs on marine ecosystems and their services, there is a lack of research on the impact of brine discharges from DPs on Persian Gulf biodiversity.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The main threats to biodiversity in the Persian Gulf (Daliri et al, ; Kamrani et al, ; Sharifinia et al, , , ) [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]…”

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Prevention is better than cure: Persian Gulf biodiversity vulnerability to the impacts of desalination plants

Sharifinia

Bahmanbeigloo

Smith

et al. 2019

Global Change Biology

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Due to extremely high rates of evaporation and low precipitation in the Persian Gulf, discharges from desalination plants (DPs) can lead to ecological stresses by increasing water temperatures, salinities, and heavy metal concentrations, as well as decreasing dissolved oxygen levels. We discuss the potential ecological impacts of DPs on marine organisms and propose mitigating measures to reduce the problems induced by DPs discharges. The daily capacity of DPs in the Persian Gulf exceeds 11 million m3 per day, which is approximately half of global daily freshwater production; multistage flash distillation (MSF) is the dominant desalination process. Results from field and laboratory studies indicate that there are potentially serious and chronic threats to marine communities following exposure to DP discharges, especially within the zoobenthos, echinodermata, seagrasses, and coral reefs. DP discharges can lead to decreases in sensitive species, plankton abundance, hard substrate epifauna, and growth rates of seagrasses. However, the broad applicability of any one of these impacts is currently hard to scale because of the limited number of studies that have been conducted to assess the ecological impacts of DP discharge on Persian Gulf organisms. Even so, available data suggest that appropriately sited, designed, and operated DPs combined with current developments in impingement and entrainment reduction technology can mitigate many of the negative environmental impacts of DPs.

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Section: Distribution Of Dps In the World And Persian Gulf Countriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Biodiversity Vulnerability To Environmental Impacts Of Dp DImentioning

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Section: Biodiversity Vulnerability To Environmental Impacts Of Dp DImentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The main threats to biodiversity in the Persian Gulf (Daliri et al, ; Kamrani et al, ; Sharifinia et al, , , ) [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]…”

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