One of the largest mangrove forests in Oman is located in Qurm (Muscat). The forest structure is simple; Avicennia marina dominates and reaches from 2 to 6 m in height along the Gulf of Oman.
UNEP. 1999. Overview on Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Marine Environment in the ROPME Sea Area.
Year |
Area |
Trend |
Source |
Methodology/Comments |
1988 |
3 400 |
Spalding, M.D., Blasco, F. and Field, C.D., eds. 1997. World Mangrove Atlas. The International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan. 178 pp. |
Map analysis. Scale 1:312 500 and 1:1 000 000. | |
1992 |
2 000 |
X |
Sheppard et al. 1992. Marine ecology of the arabian region. Patterns and Process in Extreme tropical Environment. Academic Press London UK 359 pp. |
Cited in: Spalding, M.D., Blasco, F. and Field, C.D., eds. 1997. World Mangrove Atlas. The International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan. 178 pp. |
No major changes appear to have occurred in this country over the last twenty years.