Ecological assessment of Bushehr coasts (OuLi to Kangan) using Macrobenthos as biomarkers

The destructive impact of unsustainable and uncontrolled exploitation of beaches has increased the harmful effects on coastal ecosystems and their destruction. In this study, in order to evaluate the health of coastal ecosystems in Ouli, Dayer and Kangan in the Persian Gulf coasts, IUCN ecological criteria was used to ranking, evaluating and determining the degree of ecological protection. Biodiversity, naturalness, dependence, representativeness, uniqueness, productivity, vulnerability and integration were the studied indicators. The information about industries and other environmental activities recorded in the studied area along sampling of macro benthic community and measuring environmental variables including temperature, salinity, pH, turbidity, and grain size, total organic matter in supratidal, midtidal, infratidal and sub tidal region. The gathered data from studied area was scoring based on IUCN criteria. Consequently, the Bushehr beaches (Ouli to Kangan) was classified in the second level of protection category of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Therefore, the traditional activities, diving and tourism activities could be allowed in the region, but aquaculture, mining activities, discharge of untreated wastewater, mining in the bed and the creation of artificial rocks are among the prohibited items on these beaches.

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Ecological protection ، IUCN ، National park