Citation:

PANGAEA.925310

Name: Environmental conditions during a 6 month biofouling experiment in the Arabian Gulf
Published: 2020-12-02
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: 16S; amplicon; biofouling; community; physico-chemical; sequencing

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Published: 2020-12-02 • DOI registered: 2022-02-02

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Abstract:

The development of a mature biofouling community on solid surfaces in the marine environment primarily involves the availability of colonizing bacterial communities and their ability to persist over time in any given environment. This study was undertaken as part of a collaborative project titled Biotechnological Applications of Marine Biofilms developing on solid surfaces in the Arabian Gulf funded by research grant (SQU-GCC/CL/17/02). The succession of marine biofouling communities (mature biofilms) on plastic panels were investigated over a period of six months in four locations in the Arabian Gulf (Fintas and Salmiya marinas in Kuwait, and Bandar Rowdha and Al Mouj marinas in Oman). Monthly assessment of the physico-chemical parameters of the seawater at each location was done using portable meters (thermometer, refractometer, pH meter, turbidity meter and conductivity/TDS meter). The concentrations of nutrients and elements were analysed using ion chromatography (IC) and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), respectively.

Keyword(s):

16S; amplicon; biofouling; community; physico-chemical; sequencing

Related to:

Muthukrishnan, Thirumahal; Hassenrück, Christiane; Al Fahdi, Dhikra; Jose, Liny; Al Senafi, Fahad; Mahmoud, Huda; Abed, Raeid M M (2022): Monthly Succession of Biofouling Communities and Corresponding Inter-Taxa Associations in the North- and South-West of the Arabian Gulf. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.787879

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 26.429797 * Median Longitude: 53.263987 * South-bound Latitude: 23.582110 * West-bound Longitude: 48.052810 * North-bound Latitude: 29.341720 * East-bound Longitude: 58.606830

Event(s):

Kuwait_Fintas * Latitude: 29.164690 * Longitude: 48.126560 * Location: Kuwait * Method/Device: Experiment (EXP)

Kuwait_Salmiya * Latitude: 29.341720 * Longitude: 48.052810 * Location: Kuwait * Method/Device: Experiment (EXP)

Oman_Al_Mouj * Latitude: 23.630670 * Longitude: 58.269750 * Location: Oman * Method/Device: Experiment (EXP)

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Abed, Raeid M M
2	Area/locality	Area		Abed, Raeid M M
3	Location	Location		Abed, Raeid M M		Marina (sampling location)
4	Month	Month		Abed, Raeid M M
5	Temperature, water	Temp	°C	Abed, Raeid M M
6	Salinity	Sal		Abed, Raeid M M	Refractometer	[ppt]
7	pH	pH		Abed, Raeid M M	pH meter (Mettler Toledo, USA)
8	Turbidity (Nephelometric turbidity unit)	Turbidity	NTU	Abed, Raeid M M	Turbidity meter (HI 98703, HANNA, USA)
9	Conductivity, electrical	EC	µS/cm	Abed, Raeid M M	TDS/conductivity meter (Mettler Toledo, USA)
10	Total dissolved solids	TDS	mg/l	Abed, Raeid M M	TDS/conductivity meter (Mettler Toledo, USA)
11	Iron	Fe	mg/l	Abed, Raeid M M	ICP-OES, Agilent 710-ES, USA
12	Potassium	K+	mg/l	Abed, Raeid M M	ICP-OES, Agilent 710-ES, USA
13	Magnesium	Mg2+	mg/l	Abed, Raeid M M	ICP-OES, Agilent 710-ES, USA
14	Sodium	Na+	mg/l	Abed, Raeid M M	ICP-OES, Agilent 710-ES, USA
15	Strontium	Sr2+	mg/l	Abed, Raeid M M	ICP-OES, Agilent 710-ES, USA
16	Calcium	Ca2+	mg/l	Abed, Raeid M M	ICP-OES, Agilent 710-ES, USA
17	Phosphorus	P	mg/l	Abed, Raeid M M	ICP-OES, Agilent 710-ES, USA
18	Silicon	Si	mg/l	Abed, Raeid M M	ICP-OES, Agilent 710-ES, USA
19	Fluoride	F-	mg/l	Abed, Raeid M M	Ion chromatography 881 (Metrohm AG, Switzerland)
20	Chloride	Cl-	mg/l	Abed, Raeid M M	Ion chromatography 881 (Metrohm AG, Switzerland)
21	Bromide	Br-	mg/l	Abed, Raeid M M	Ion chromatography 881 (Metrohm AG, Switzerland)
22	Nitrate	[NO3]-	mg/l	Abed, Raeid M M	Ion chromatography 881 (Metrohm AG, Switzerland)
23	Sulfate	[SO4]2-	mg/l	Abed, Raeid M M	Ion chromatography 881 (Metrohm AG, Switzerland)

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Size:

358 data points

Data

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1 Event	2 Area	3 Location	4 Month	5 Temp [°C]	6 Sal	7 pH	8 Turbidity [NTU]	9 EC [µS/cm]	10 TDS [mg/l]	11 Fe [mg/l]	12 K+ [mg/l]	13 Mg2+ [mg/l]	14 Na+ [mg/l]	15 Sr2+ [mg/l]	16 Ca2+ [mg/l]	17 P [mg/l]	18 Si [mg/l]	19 F- [mg/l]	20 Cl- [mg/l]	21 Br- [mg/l]	22 [NO3]- [mg/l]	23 [SO4]2- [mg/l]
Kuwait_Fintas	Kuwait	Fintas	August	33.99	39.36	8.35	1.03	49.92
Kuwait_Fintas	Kuwait	Fintas	September	33.59	36.52	8.29	4.68	63.29
Kuwait_Fintas	Kuwait	Fintas	October	30.04	37.47	7.69	2.02	62.10
Kuwait_Fintas	Kuwait	Fintas	November	25.58	23.59	7.47	1.77	37.70
Kuwait_Fintas	Kuwait	Fintas	December	19.13	41.76	8.35	1.03	55.05
Kuwait_Fintas	Kuwait	Fintas	January	18.10	41.20	8.30	2.03
Kuwait_Salmiya	Kuwait	Salmiya	August	33.00	43.30	8.29	14.38	75.22
Kuwait_Salmiya	Kuwait	Salmiya	September	32.09	42.66	8.75	14.32	72.33
Kuwait_Salmiya	Kuwait	Salmiya	October	28.11	42.14	8.32	5.09	66.33
Kuwait_Salmiya	Kuwait	Salmiya	November	23.81	37.25	7.91	36.27	54.72
Kuwait_Salmiya	Kuwait	Salmiya	December	17.08	39.36	8.45	77.39	49.89
Kuwait_Salmiya	Kuwait	Salmiya	January	16.88	39.00	8.40	57.49
Oman_Bandar_Rowdha	Oman	Bandar Rowdha	August	31.00	35.70	8.31	1.22	49.10	27.30	1.37	919.90	2115.19	4985.43	2.09	1164.12	10.06	788.17	1.17	12791.61	43.49	10.33	2361.19
Oman_Bandar_Rowdha	Oman	Bandar Rowdha	September	33.00	35.40	8.35	1.27	49.00	27.00	1.41	909.93	2037.12	4766.43	1.61	1142.08	11.17	787.89	0.93	9783.01	32.95	10.65	1746.45
Oman_Bandar_Rowdha	Oman	Bandar Rowdha	October	31.00	35.50	8.36	1.46	49.00	27.10	1.46	842.14	1815.41	4208.48	0.20	1071.22	8.89	787.94	2.44	16360.87	54.53	9.88	3022.66
Oman_Bandar_Rowdha	Oman	Bandar Rowdha	November	26.00	19.15	8.45	0.89	28.30	15.48	1.52	856.48	1862.26	4366.73	0.60	1088.17	7.70	787.74	0.00	6479.02	20.79	5.65	1482.72
Oman_Bandar_Rowdha	Oman	Bandar Rowdha	December	25.00	31.30	8.24	2.01	46.50	24.20	1.62	843.19	1819.90	4194.53	0.36	1074.95	9.88	787.87	1.40	16222.94	54.47	9.72	2849.18
Oman_Bandar_Rowdha	Oman	Bandar Rowdha	January	25.00	26.10	8.42	1.00	36.20	20.40	1.53	842.93	1820.97	4071.01	0.31	1071.00	7.52	787.43	1.07	11981.07	40.30	9.59	2497.95
Oman_Al_Mouj	Oman	Al Mouj	August	31.00	24.20	8.22	1.34	34.70	19.14	1.29	995.19	2172.33	4990.88	1.37	1106.31	10.55	787.73	2.57	13329.21	45.41	37.91	2412.48
Oman_Al_Mouj	Oman	Al Mouj	September	32.00	21.50	8.36	1.10	31.10	17.13	1.07	935.87	2142.62	5075.57	1.27	1131.97	9.41	788.18	0.00	6094.01	17.92	7.52	1508.65
Oman_Al_Mouj	Oman	Al Mouj	October	30.00	41.00	8.16	0.83	54.50	30.60	1.03	904.94	1997.93	4716.38	1.11	1112.17	10.06	788.10	1.30	11531.96	39.08	9.79	2297.49
Oman_Al_Mouj	Oman	Al Mouj	November	26.00	34.20	8.13	1.30	46.60	26.10	1.16	770.11	1578.17	3487.76	0.00	1000.62	9.83	788.07	0.98	9924.00	31.93	9.38	2068.27
Oman_Al_Mouj	Oman	Al Mouj	December	24.00	40.90	8.23	0.91	57.00	30.70	1.23	851.65	1846.55	4678.14	0.53	1099.02	11.33	788.13	0.89	9274.83	29.55	11.04	1536.26
Oman_Al_Mouj	Oman	Al Mouj	January	25.00	28.10	8.49	0.95	39.50	21.90	1.36	755.09	1558.63	3354.71	0.00	985.91	9.23	787.90	0.00	5963.76	19.75	5.95	2155.06