An Ecological Study of the Rocky Shores on the Southern Coast of Oman: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 71

This report describes work carried out during 1983 as part of the Regional Organisation for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) Ecological Programme outlined by the Kuwait Action Plan. The studies have been conducted by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) based in Gland, Switzerland, in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Council for the Conservation of the Environment and Prevention of Pollution (CCEPP) based in Muscat, Oman. The report describes a study of the littoral and immediate sublittoral ecology of Oman, with special attention being directed to the unusual rocky shore communities occurring in the Salalah region of Dhofar. Funding was available for seven and a half man months.