Recent Foraminifers from Oman Coast  

作　　者：Abdul Razak Siddiq A1-Sayigh Moza Muhanna A1 Jahdhami Ahmed Mohamed Muftah 

机构地区：[1]Department of Earth Sciences, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat 132, Sultanate of Oman [2]Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Benghazi, Benghazi 9480, Libya

出　　处：《Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering(A)》2015年第3期137-142,共6页环境科学与工程（A）

摘　　要：This study presents the first documentation work on recent benthic foraminifers of Oman coasts, especially of the northern part of Sultanate at Sawadi and the southern part at Janoof Tidal Creek near Taqah-Salalah beach. Eleven samples were collected from both localities. Twenty-nine species of benthonic Foraminifera belonging to 20 genera are retrieved, identified and illustrated herein. The study areas show the interaction in land and sea. Lagoons with normal marine hypersaline inhabited with sea grass and Mangrove-swamps. Mainly calcareous porcellaneous and hyaline walled foraminifers are abundant. Environmentally, the Janoof Tidal Creek shows better condition than Sawadi Tidal Creek as reflected by the more diverse and high abundance of foraminiferal taxa at the former locality. Both water bodies are free of toxic-heavy elements as evidenced by the lack of any abnormal foraminiferal test.

关 键 词：MANGROVE FORAMINIFERA tidal creek sawadi muscat. 

分 类 号：P736.21[天文地球—海洋地质] P737.1[天文地球—海洋科学]