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GEOGRAPHIC INHERITANCE

Ala, M.A. (1974). Salt diapirism in Southern Iran. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 58 (9), 1758–1770.

Alsharhan, A.S., Glennie, K.W., Whittle, G.L. & Kendall, C. G. St.C, (Eds.). Quaternary Deserts and Climate Change (pp. 315–325). A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.

Burns, S.J., D. Fleitmann, A. Matter, U. Neff & A. Mangini. (2001). Speleothem evidence from Oman for continental pluvial events during interglacial periods. Geology 29 (7): 623–626.

Clark, P.U., Dyke, A.S., Shakun, J.D., Carlson, A.E., Clark, J., Wohlfarth, B., Mitrovica, J.X., Hostetler, S.W., & McCabe, A.M. (2009). The last glacial maximum. Science, 325, 710–714.

Cuttler, R., M. Beech, H. Kallweit, A. Zander & W.Y. Al-Tikriti. (2007). Pastoral nomadic communities of the Holocene climatic optimum: excavation and research at Kharimat Khor al Manahil and Khor Al Manahil in the Rub al-Khali, Abu Dhabi. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 37, 61–78.

Evans, G., Kinsman, D.J.J., and Shearman, D.J. (1964). A reconnaissance survey of the environment of recent carbonate sedimentation along the Trucial Coast, Persian Gulf. In Van Straaten, L.M.J.U. (Ed.), Deltaic and Shallow Marine Deposits: Proceedings of the 6th International Sedimentological Congress, The Netherlands and Belgium (1963): Amsterdam, Elsevier, Developments in Sedimentology v. 1, p. 129–135.

Evans, G., Schmidt, V., Bush, P., & Nelson, H. (1969). Stratigraphy and geologic history of the sabkha, Abu Dhabi, Persian Gulf. Sedimentology, 12, 145–159.

Fleitmann, D., S.J. Burns, A. Mangini, M. Mudelsee, J. Kramers, I. Villa, U. Neff, A.A. al-Subbary, A. Buettner, D. Hippler & A. Matter. (2007). Holocene ICTZ and Indian monsoon dynamics recorded in stalagmites from Oman and Yemen (Socotra). Quaternary Science Reviews, 26, 170–188.

Flemming, K., Johnston, P., Zwartz, D., Yokoyama, Y., Lambeck, K. & Chappell, J. (1998). Refining the eustatic sea-level curve since the Last Glacial Maximum using far- and intermediate-field sites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 163, 327–342.

Glennie, K.W. (1998). The desert of southeast Arabia: A product of Quaternary climate change. In Alsharhan, A.S., Glennie, K.W., Whittle, G.L., Kendall, C. St.G., (Eds.) Quaternary Deserts and Climatic Change. (pp. 279-291). A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.

Glennie, K.W., Boeuf, M.G.A, Hughes Clarke, M.W., Moody-Stuart, M., Pilaar, W.F.H., & Reinhardt, B.M. (1974). Geology of the Oman Mountains, 31, 423. Verhandelingen Koninklijk Nederlasnds Geologisch Mijnboukundig Genootschap.

Glennie, K.W. (2005). The desert of Southeast Arabia. Bahrain: Gulf PetroLink.

Goodall, T.M., North, C.P., & Glennie, K.W., 2000. Surface and subsurface sedimentary structures produced by salt crusts: Sedimentology, 47, 99–118.

Hanebuth, T.J.J., Stattegger, K., & Bojanowski, A. (2009). Termination of the Last Glacial Maximum sea-level lowstand: The Sunda-Shelf data revisited. Global and Planetary Change, 66, 76–84.

Harris, P.M., & Kowalik, W.S., (Eds.). Satellite images of carbonate depositional settings. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Methods in Exploration Series 11.

Kendall, C.G.St.C., & Skipwith, P.A. (1969). Geomorphology of a recent shallow-water carbonate province: Khor Al Bazam, Trucial Coast, southwest Persian Gulf. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin, 80, 865–891.

Kent, P.R. (1970). The salt plugs of the Persian Gulf region. Transactions of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society, 64, 56–88.

Kinsman, D.J.J. (1969). Modes of formation, sedimentary associations, and diagnostic features of shallow-water and supratidal evaporites. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin, 53, 830–840.

Lambeck, K. (1996). Shoreline reconstructions for the Persian Gulf since the last glacian maximum. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 142, 43-57.

Lokier, S.W. & Steuber, T. (2008). Quantification of carbonate ramp sedimentation and progradation rates for the Late Holocene Abu Dhabi shoreline. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 78 (7), 423–431.

McClure, H. (1976). Radiocarbon chronology of Late Quaternary Lakes in the Arabian desert. Nature, 263, 755–756.

Parker, A.G., A.S. Goudie, S. Stokes, K. White, M.J. Hodson, M. Manning and D. Kennet. (2006). A record of Holocene climate change from lake geochemical analyses in southeastern Arabia. Quaternary Research, 66, 465–476.

Parker, A.G. & J.I. Rose. (2008). Climate change and origins in southern Arabia. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 38, 25–42.

Peltier, W.R., & Fairbanks, R.G. (2006). Global glacial ice volume and Last Glacial Maximum duration from an extended Barbados sea level record. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25, 3322–3337.

Physical Geography Sector Paper. (2008). Abu Dhabi, UAE: Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD).

Purser, B.H., (Ed.). (1973). The Persian Gulf – Holocene Carbonate Sedimentation and Diagenesis in a Shallow Epicontinental Sea. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 471 p.

Sharland P.R., Archer, R., Casey, D.M., Davies, P.B., Hall, S.H., Heward, A.P., Horbury A.D., & Simmons, M.D. (2001). Arabian plate sequence stratigraphy. GeoArabia Special Publication 2. Bahrain: Gulf PetroLink. 371 p.

Stokes, S. & H. Bray. (2005). Late Pleistocene eolian history of the Liwa region, Arabian peninsula. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 117 (11-12), 1466–1480.

Teller, J.T., Glennie, K.W., Lancaster, N., & Singhvi, A.K. (2000). Calcareous dunes of the United Arab Emirates and Noah’s Flood: the postglacial reflooding of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf: Quaternary International, 68-81, 297–308.

Uchupi, E., S.A. Swift & D.A. Ross. (1999). Late Quaternary stratigraphy, palaeoclimate and neotectonism of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf region. Marine Geology, 160, 1–23.

Williams, A.H., & Walkden, G.M. (2002). Late Quaternary highstand deposits of the southern Arabian Gulf: a record of sea-level and climate change. In Clift, P.D., Kroon, D., Gaedicke, C. & Craig, J. (Eds.), The Tectonic and Climatic Evolution of the Arabian Sea Region, Geological Society Special Publication (Vol 195, pp. 371–386).

Paleoglobe Sequence:

Scotese, C. R. (2001). Atlas of Earth History, Volume 1, Paleogeography. Arlington, Texas: PALEOMAP Project. 52 p.

Sea Level/ Temperature Graph:

Petit, J.R., et al. (2001). Vostok Ice Core Data for 420,000 Years. IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series #2001-076. Boulder CO, USA: NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program.

Climate Change Primer, Retrieved June 15th from Climate Change Resource Center, US Forest Service website: http: // www. fs.fed.us/ccrc/primers/climate-change-primer.shtml

Historic Sea Levels:

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (2007). Climate Change 2007 – The Physical Science Basis, Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

RESOURCE OF LIFE

Abu Dhabi water resources statistics. (2006). Abu Dhabi: Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD).

Abu Dhabi water resources master plan. (2009, January). Abu Dhabi: Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD).

Al-Sayed Rizk, Z.A., & Al-Sharhan, A.E.S. (2008). Water sources in the UAE. Amman, Jordan: ITHRAA Publishing.

Abu Dhabi state of the environment report (SOE). (2008). Abu Dhabi: Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD).

Dawoud, M. A. (2009). Water resources management in Abu Dhabi Emirate, (in Arabic). Abu Dhabi: Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD).

Demand-side management for electricity and water use in Abu Dhabi, Draft Report. (2009, May). Abu Dhabi: Environment Agency Abu Dhabi – (EAD).

Energy Solutions Center. (2009, October). Combusting Turbine. Retrieved from http://www.energysolutionscenter.org/DistGen/Tutorial/CombTurbine.htm#Overview

Fischetti, M. (2007, September). Fresh from the Sea. Scientific American, 297–3, 118–119.

Seawater Greenhouse. (2009, August). Seawater Greenhouse. Retrieved from http://www.seawatergreenhouse.com/abudhabi.html

Water resources sector paper. (2008). Abu Dhabi: Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD).

SEA TO SUMMIT (Marine Ecosystems)

Baldwin, R. & A. S. Gardner, (2005) Marine Reptiles. In Hellyer, P. & Aspinall, S. (eds.): The Emirates: A Natural History: (pp242–251). Trident Press, London, UK.

Bulletin, No. 5. (July 1978). Abu Dhabi: Emirates Natural History Group (Abu Dhabi).

Carpenter, K.E., Krupp, F., Jones, D.A. & Zajonz, U. (1997). FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes,The living marine resources of Kuwait, Eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Rome: FAO.

Grandcourt, E.M. (2008). Corals and coral reefs. In Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z. (Ed.). Marine Environment and Resources of Abu Dhabi (pp. 118–161). Dubai, UAE: Motivate Publishing. 255 p.

Grandcourt, E.M. (2008). Fish and Fisheries. In Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z. (Ed.). Marine Environment and Resources of Abu Dhabi. (pp. 200–225). Dubai, UAE: Motivate Publishing. 255 p.

Grandcourt, E.M., Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z., Francis, F., & Al-Shamsi, A. T. (2009). Age based life history parameters and status assessments of by-catch species (Lethrinus borbonicus, Lethrinus microdon, Pomacanthus maculosus and Scolopsis taeniatus) in the southern Arabian Gulf. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. (In Press).

Grandcourt, E.M., Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z., Francis, F., & Al-Shamsi, A.T. (2009). Demographic parameters and status assessments of Lutjanus ehrenbergii, Lethrinus lentjan, Plectorhinchus sordidus and Rhabdosargus sarba in the southern Arabian Gulf. ICES Journal of Marine Science (Submitted).

Grandcourt, E.M., Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z., Francis, F., Al-Shamsi, A.T., & Hartmann, S.A.(2009). Reproductive biology and implications for management of the orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822), in the southern Arabian Gulf. Journal of Fish Biology. 74, 820–841.

Grandcourt, E.M., Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z., & Francis, F. (2006). Age, growth, mortality and reproduction of the blackspot snapper, Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775), in the southern Arabian Gulf. Fisheries Research. 78, 203–210.

Grandcourt, E.M., Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z., Al-Shamsi, A.T., & Francis, F. (2006). Biology and assessment of the painted sweetlips (Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792)) and spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775)) in the southern Arabian Gulf, Fishery Bulletin. 104: 75–88.

Grandcourt, E.M., Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z., Francis, F., & Al-Shamsi, A.T. (2006). Fisheries biology of a short-lived tropical species: Gerres longirostris (Lacepède, 1801), in the southern Arabian Gulf. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 63, 452–459.

Grandcourt, E.M., Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z., Francis, F., & Al-Shamsi, A. T. (2006). Population biology and assessment of the white-spotted spinefoot, Siganus canaliculatus (Park, 1797), in the southern Arabian Gulf. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 23, 53–59.

Grandcourt, E.M., Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z., Francis, F., & Al-Shamsi, A.T. (2005). Population biology and assessment of the orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822), in the southern Arabian Gulf. Fisheries Research, 74, 55–68.

Grandcourt, E.M., Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z. & Francis, F. (2004). Population biology and assessment of representatives of the family Carangidae; Carangoides bajad and Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775), in the southern Arabian Gulf. Fisheries Research. 69, 331–341.

Grandcourt, E.M., Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z., Francis, F. & Al–Shamsi, A.T. (2004). Biology and stock assessment of the Sparids, Acanthopagrus bifasciatus and Argyrops spinifer (Forsskål, 1775), in the southern Arabian Gulf. Fisheries Research 69, 7–20.

Hellyer, P., Vine, P., & Warnock, G. (Eds). (1998). Waves of time, the maritime history of the United Arab Emirates. London: Trident Press Ltd.

Hoolihan, J.P., & Luo, J. (2007). Determining summer residence status and vertical habitat use of sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) in the Arabian Gulf. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences, 64, 1791–1799.

Hornby, R. (2005) Further observations and new records of spoon worms in the UAE. Tribulus,15, 24.

Hornby, R. (2005) An intertidal spoon worm (Phylum Echiura) in the United Arab Emirates: Occurence, distribution, taxonomy and ecology. Tribulus,15, 3.

Marine & coastal environment sector paper. (2008). Abu Dhabi: AGEDI, Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi.

Morgan, G.R. (2006). Country review: United Arab Emirates. In: De Young, C. (Ed) Review of the state of world marine capture fisheries management: Indian Ocean. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 488 (pp. 327-336). Rome: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.

Shallard, B. and Associates (2003). Oceanography and Ecology of UAE waters. Technical Report 7. Fish Resource Assessment Survey Project of Abu Dhabi and UAE Waters. Bruce Shallard and Associates and Government of Abu Dhabi. 107 p.

Shallard, B. and Associates (2003). Distribution and abundance of demersal fish stocks in the UAE. Technical Report 1. Fish Resource Assessment Survey Project of Abu Dhabi and UAE Waters. Bruce Shallard and Associates and Government of Abu Dhabi. 211 p.

Shallard, B. and Associates (2003). Distribution and abundance of small pelagic resources in UAE waters. Technical Report 2. Fish Resource Assessment Survey Project of Abu Dhabi and UAE Waters. Bruce Shallard and Associates and Government of Abu Dhabi. 101 p.

Shallard, B. and Associates (2003). Biological characteristics of the major demersal fish species in the UAE. Technical Report 3. Fish Resource Assessment Survey Project of Abu Dhabi and UAE Waters. Bruce Shallard and Associates and Government of Abu Dhabi. 131 p.

Shallard, B. and Associates (2003). Stock assessment of the demersal and small pelagic fish stocks of the UAE. Technical Reports 4 and 5. Fish Resource Assessment Survey Project of Abu Dhabi and UAE Waters. Bruce Shallard and Associates and Government of Abu Dhabi. 30 p.

Shallard, B. and Associates (2003). The options for management of the demersal and small pelagic resources of the UAE. Technical Report 6. Fish Resource Assessment Survey Project of Abu Dhabi and UAE Waters. Bruce Shallard and Associates and Government of Abu Dhabi. 31 p.

Shallard, B. and Associates. (2003). Project report. Fish resource assessment survey project of Abu Dhabi and UAE Waters. Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency, Abu Dhabi.

Sheppard, C., Price, A. & Roberts, C. (1992). Marine Ecology of the Arabian Region: Patterns and processes in extreme tropical environments. London: Academic Press. 359 p.

SEA TO SUMMIT (Terrestrial Ecosystems)

Al Dhaheri, S., & Drew, C. (2003). Guidelines for the management of the shrimp (Artemia franciscana) at Al Wathba Wetland Reserve. Abu Dhabi, UAE: TERC-ERWDA Internal Report.

Al Dhaheri, S. (2004). Assessment of brine shrimp (Artemia sp.) productivity at Al Wathba Wetland Reserve, Abu Dhabi, UAE. University, Al Ain, UAE: Msc Thesis.

Brown, G. (2008). Flora and vegetation of Abu Dhabi Emirate. In Perry, R.J. (Ed.), Terrestrial Environment of Abu Dhabi Emirate (pp. 165–214). Abu Dhabi: Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi.

Brown, G., & Boer, B. (2005). Terrestrial Habitats. In Hellyer, P., and Aspinall, S. J. (Eds.), The Emirates: A Natural History (pp. 93–101). London, UK: Trident Press.

Brown, G., & Boer, B. (2005). Terrestrial Plants. In Hellyer, P., & Aspinall, S. J. (Eds.), The Emirates: A Natural History (pp. 141–156). London, UK: Trident Press.

Cunningham, P.L. (2008). Terrestrial mammals of the UAE with special reference to Abu Dhabi Emirate. In: Perry, R.J. (Ed.), Terrestrial environment of Abu Dhabi Emirate (pp. 309-377). Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD).

Egan, D. (2007). Snakes of Arabia: A Field Guide to the Snakes of the Arabian Peninsula and its Shores. Dubai, UAE: Motivate Publishing.

Gardner, A. S., (2005) Terrestrial reptiles. In Hellyer, P. & Aspinall, S. (eds.): The Emirates: A Natural History: (pp 229–241). Trident Press, London, UK.

Gardner, A. S., (2008) The Terrestrial Reptiles of the United Arab Emirates: Herpetological History, Zoogeography and Conservation. In Perry, R (ed.): Terrestrial Environment of Abu Dhabi Emirate (pp 281–307). Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, (EAD).

Gaucher, P., Paillat, P., Chappuis, C., Jalme, M. S., Lotfikhah, F. & Wink, M. (1996). Taxonomy of the Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata subspecies considered on the basis of sexual display and genetic divergence. Saudi Arabia: National Wildlife Research Center – National Commission for Wildlife Conservation & Development.

Gillett, M.P.T. & Gillett, C.P.D.T. (2005). Insects and other arthropods. In Hellyer, P., & Aspinall, S. J. (Eds.), The Emirates: a natural history (pp. 168-194). London, UK: Trident Press.

Ghazanfar, S.A. (1994). Handbook of Arabian medicinal plants. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC press, Inc.

Houbara migratory routes – map image. (2009). Abu Dhabi: National Avian Research Center, EAD.

Howarth, B. & M. Gillett, P.T., (2008) The Terrestrial and Freshwater Arthropods of Abu Dhabi Emirate. In: Terrestrial Environment of Abu Dhabi (pp 379–463).

R. Perry (ed.). Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, (EAD).

Jongbloed, M. (2000). Wild about reptiles: field guide to the reptiles and amphibians of the UAE. Dubai, UAE: Atlas Printing Press.

Protected areas of Abu Dhabi – map image. (2009). Abu Dhabi: Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD).

Soorae, P. S., M. Al Quarqaz & A. S. Gardner (2010) An overview and checklist of the native and alien herpetofauna of the United Arab Emirates. Herpetological Conservation and Biology,5, 529.

Terrestrial ecosystems sector paper. (2008). Abu Dhabi: Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD).

NATURAL CAPITAL

Oil & Natural Gas Formation

Alsharhan, A.S. (1989). Petroleum geology of the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 12, 253–288.

Alsharhan, A.S., & Nairn, A.E.M. (1988). A review of the Cretaceous Formations in the Arabian Peninsular and Gulf, part II. mid Cretaceous (Wasia Group) stratigraphy and palaeogeography. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 13, 247–266.

Alsharhan, A.S., and Nairn, A.E.M. (1997). Sedimentary basins and petroleum geology of the Middle East. Elsevier, Netherlands. 811 p.

Glennie, K.W. (1998). Petroleum geology of the North Sea: basic concepts and recent advances. UK: Blackwell Publishing. 656 p.

Grötsch, J., Suwaina, O., Ajlani, G., Taher, A., Khassawneh, R., Lokier, S., Coy, G., Van Der Weerd, E., Massalmeh, S. & Van Dorp, J. (2003). The Arab Formation in central Abu Dhabi: 3-D reservoir architecture and static and dynamic modelling. GeoArabia. 8, 47–86.

Gumati, Y.D. (1993). Kinetic modeling, thermal maturation and hydrocarbon generation in the United Arab Emirates. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 10, 153–161.

Murris, R.J. (1980). Middle East: stratigraphic evolution and oil habitat. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 64, 597–618.

Sharland, P.R., Archer, R., Casey, D.M., Davies, P.B., Hall, S.H., Heward, A.P., Horbury, A.D., & Simmons, M.D. (2001). Arabian Plate sequence stratigraphy. GeoArabia Special Publication 2. Bahrain: Gulf PetroLink. 371 p.

Oil & Natural Gas History

ADCO (1993). ADCO, through the years: 1963–1993. Dubai: Motivate Publishing.

Al-Barriya, S. (1989). Oil: a dream comes true. Abu Dhabi: ADCO.

Al-Otaiba, M. (n.d. 1971?). The economy of Abu Dhabi: ancient and modern. Beirut, Lebanon: Commercial and Industrial Printing Press.

Al-Otaiba, M. (1977). Petroleum and the economy of the United Arab Emirates., London: Croom Helm.

Al-Otaiba, M. (1988). The petroleum concession agreements of the United Arab Emirates, Vol. 1. 1939–1971. London: Croom Helm.

A successful journey through time. (2007). Abu Dhabi: ADMA-OPCO.

Forty years of achievement. (2002). Abu Dhabi: ADMA-OPCO.

Hellyer, P. (2001). Early days in Abu Dhabi: The origins of ADCO, 1936–1971.

Dubai: Motivate Publishing, for the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations, ADCO.

Hellyer, P. (2003). From under desert sands – ADCO’s 40 years of oil exports, 1963–2003. Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations, Abu Dhabi, 124 pp. Arabic, 124 pp. English.

Hellyer, P. (2006). White gold – the evolution of GASCO. Abu Dhabi: GASCO 250 pp. (separate English and Arabic editions).

Hellyer, P. (2007). Sustainable development: 1977–2007. A history of ZADCO. Abu Dhabi: ZADCO.

Hellyer, P. (2001). Early days in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi: ADCO.

Longrigg, S. (1954). Oil in the Middle East. London: OUP.

Maitra, J. (2007). Zayed: from challenges to union. Abu Dhabi: CDR.

Zahlan, R.S. (1978). The origins of the United Arab Emirates. London: Macmillan.

Oil & Natural Gas History Timeline:

Oil Industry Giants: ADNOC. Retrieved Oct 25, 2009, from arabianOilandGas.com website: http://www.arabianoilandgas.com/article-6172-oil_industry_giants_adnoc/2/

Timeline. Retrieved Oct 25, 2009, from Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) website: http://www.adco.ae/about_adco/timeline.php

UAE Timeline. Retrieved Oct 25, 2009, from Emirates.Org website: http://www.emirates.org/timeline.html

Oil & Natural Gas Economy

Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Total number of buildings, workers and investments geographically 99. Retrieved from website http://www.adcci.gov.ae:90/public/abudhabi_economy/index.htm

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company. (2009, April 30). Zawya BD. Retrieved from website http://www.zawya.com/cm/profile.cfm?companyid=1004763

Annual Sustainability Report 2007. (2007). Abu Dhabi: Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD). Retrieved from website https://www.ead.ae/en/?T=2&ID=644

Borouge. (2009). Strategic business. Retrieved from website http://www.borouge.com/aboutus/Pages/StrategicBusiness.aspx

BP. (2009). BP, Statistical review of world energy, 2008. Retrieved from website http://www.bp.com/productlanding.do?categoryId=6929&contentId=7044622

Brunnschweiler & Bulte. (2008). Linking Natural Resources to Slow Growth and More Conflict. Science, 320(5876), 616-617. Purchased at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/320/5876/616

Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook. (2009, December 31). Field listing - oil consumption. Retrieved from website https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2174.html?countryName=Iraq&countryCode=iz®ionCode=me&#iz

Data Book, 2008 edition. (2008). Oil & Gas Journal. PennWell Corporation.

Gross domestic product data for Abu Dhabi, 1975 – 2009 (spreadsheet). (2009, August). Abu Dhabi: Statistics Center – Abu Dhabi.

Gylfason, T. (2001). Lessons from the Dutch Disease: Causes, Treatment, and Cures. Iceland: Institute of Economic Studies Working Paper Series W01. Retrieved from website http://www.ioes.hi.is/publications/wp/w0106.pdf

IMF Country Report No. 07/347. (2007). United Arab Emirates: 2007 Article IV consultation—staff report; staff statement; Public information notice on the executive board discussion; and statement by the executive director for the United Arab Emirates. IMF. Retrieved from website http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2007/cr07347.pdf

O’Connor, J., et al. (1995). Monitoring environmental progress. World Bank. Retrieved from website http://books.google.com/books?id=8qmuhD1hNT0C&dq=%22Monitoring+environmental+progress%22&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0

Oil & Gas Journal. (2008, November 24). Slump’s varied effects present mixed opportunities. Retrieved from http://www.ogj.com/index/article-display/346111/articles/oil-gas-journal/volume-106/issue-44/general-interest/slumprsquos-varied-effects-present-mixed-opportunities.html

OPEC. http://www.opec.org/home/

Qawasmeh, Hazem H. (2006, March). Abu Dhabi: population, economy and development. Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Environment Agency.

Rosser, Andrew. (2006, April). The political economy of the resource curse: a literature survey. Brighton, UK: IDS. Retrieved from http://www2.ids.ac.uk/gdr/cfs/pdfs/wp268.pdf

World petroleum assessment 2000, and assessment for UAE. (2000). Retrieved from website http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-060/index.html#TOP; assessment for UAE at retrieved from website http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/WEcont/regions/reg2/r2unia.pdf). USGS

HUMAN JOURNEY

Ancient Environments

Beech, M., Bibi, F., Sheehan, P., Al-Tikriti, W.Y. & Yildirim, E. (in press/2009). Cultural heritage resources in Abu Dhabi Emirate. Abu Dhabi, UAE: Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) – Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi.

Smith, A.B. (1995). Late Campanian-Maastrichtian echinoids from the United Arab Emirates–Oman border region. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology), 51 (2), 121–240.

Smith, A.B., Morris, N.J., Kennedy, W.J., & Gale, A.S. (1995). Late Cretaceous platform faunas of the United Arab Emirates–Oman border region. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology), 51 (2), 91–119.

Beech, M., & Hellyer, P. (2005). Abu Dhabi 8 million years ago – Late Miocene fossils from the Western Region. Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey.

Beech, M. and W. Higgs. (2005). A new Late Miocene fossil site In Ruwais, Western Region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In: Hellyer, P. & Ziolkowski, M. (Eds.), Emirates heritage vol. 1 – proceedings of the 1st annual symposium on recent palaeontological and archaeological discoveries in the Emirates, Al Ain (pp 6–21). Al Ain, UAE: Zayed Centre for Heritage and History.

Higgs, W., Gardner, A., & Beech, M. (2005). A fossil proboscidean trackway at Mleisa, Western Region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In Hellyer, P. & Ziolkowski, M. (Eds.), Emirates heritage vol. 1 – proceedings of the 1st annual symposium on recent palaeontological and archaeological discoveries in the Emirates, Al Ain (pp 21–27). Al Ain, UAE: Zayed Centre for Heritage and History, Al Ain.

Whybrow, P.J. (1989). New stratotype: the Baynunah Formation (Late Miocene), United Arab Emirates: lithology and palaeontology. Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 21, 1–9.

Whybrow, P.J. (Ed). (2000). Travels with the fossil hunters. London: Cambridge University Press, in association with the Natural History Museum.

Whybrow, P.J. & Hill, A. (Eds.). (1995). Fossil vertebrates of Arabia. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Whybrow, P.J., Smith, A., & Hill, A. (2005). The fossil record. In Hellyer, P. & Aspinall, S. (Eds.), The Emirates – a natural history (pp 81-89). Trident Press, London: Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi.

Earliest Peoples

Parker, A.G. & Rose, J.I. (2008). Climate change and origins in southern Arabia. Proceedings of the seminar for Arabian studies, 38, 25–42.

Petraglia, M. & Alsharekh, A. (2003). The Middle Palaeolithic of Arabia: implications for modern human origins, behaviour and dispersals. Antiquity, 77 (298), 671–684.

Rose, J. (2007). The Arabian corridor migration model: archaeological evidence for hominin dispersals into Oman during the Middle and Upper Pleistocene. Proceedings of the seminar for Arabian studies, 37, 219–237.

Scott-Jackson, J., Scott-Jackson, W., & Jasim, S. (2007). Middle Palaeolithic – or what? New sites in Sharjah, UAE. Proceedings of the seminar for Arabian studies, 37: 277–279.

Scott-Jackson, J., Scott-Jackson, W., Rose, J., & Jasim, S. (2008). Investigating Upper Pleistocene stone tools from Sharjah, UAE: interim report. Proceedings of the seminar for Arabian Studies, 38, 43–54.

Uerpmann, H.P., Uerpmann, M., Kutterer, J., Handel, M., Jasim, S.A., & Marks, A. (2007). The stone age sequence of Jebel Faya in the Emirate of Sharjah (UAE). Paper presented at the Seminar for Arabian Studies 2007 (unpublished).

Wahida, G., Al-Tikriti, W.Y., & Beech, M. (2008). Barakah: a Middle Palaeolithic site in Abu Dhabi emirate. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 38, 55–64.

Wahida, G., Yasin, W., M. Beech and A. Al-Meqbali. (in press). Early Middle Palaeolithic assemblage in Abu Dhabi emirate. Pages 117–124, in: M.D. Petraglia and J. Rose (eds.), The Evolution of Human Populations in Arabia – Paleoenvironments, Prehistory and Genetics. Springer, Netherlands.

Oasis Settlements

Beech, M. (2002). Fishing in the ‘Ubaid: a Review of Fish-bone Assemblages from Early Prehistoric Coastal Settlements in the Arabian Gulf. Journal of Oman Studies 12: 25–40.

Beech, M.J. (2004). In the Land of the Ichthyophagi: Modelling fish exploitation in the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman from the 5th millennium BC to the Late Islamic period - Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey Monograph 1. British Archaeological Reports International Series S1217.

Beech M., R. Cuttler, D. Moscrop, H. Kallweit & J. Martin. (2005). New evidence for the Neolithic settlement of Marawah Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 35: 37–56.

Beech, M., J. Elders and E. Shepherd. (2000). Reconsidering the ‘Ubaid of the Southern Gulf: new results from excavations on Dalma Island, U.A.E. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 30: 41–47.

Beech, M. and E. Glover. (2005). The environment and economy of an Ubaid-related settlement on Dalma island, United Arab Emirates. Paléorient 31/1: 97–107.

Beech, M. and E. Shepherd. (2001). Archaeobotanical evidence for early date consumption on Dalma Island, United Arab Emirates. Antiquity 75: 83–9.

Carter, R. and W.Y. Al-Tikriti. (2004). Archaeology. Pages 48-64, in: S. Aspinall and P. Hellyer (eds.), Jebel Hafit: A Natural History. Emirates Natural History and P. Hellyer (eds.), Jebel Hafit: A Natural History. Emirates Natural History Group (ENHG). Sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO).

Cleuziou, S. and M. Tosi. (2007). In the Shadow of the Ancestors – The Prehistoric Foundations of the Early Arabian Civilization in Oman. Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Sultanate of Oman.

Frifelt, K. (1991). The Island of Umm-An-Nar. 1, Third Millennium Graves (with contributions by Manfred Kunter, Ella Hoch and David S. Reese). Jutland Archaeological Society Publications. Aarhus University Press. ISBN: 8772885610.

Frifelt, K. (1995). The Island of Umm An-Nar. 2, The Third Millennium Settlement (with contributions by Andreas Hauptmann, Ella Hoch and George Willcox). Jutland Archaeological Society Publications, 26:2. Aarhus University Press, Moesgaard, Aarhus. ISBN: 8772885777.

Kallweit H., M. Beech and W.Y. Al-Tikriti. (2005). Kharimat Khor al-Manahil and Khor al-Manahil - New Neolithic sites in the south-eastern desert of the UAE. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 35: 97–113.

Pittman, H., and D.T. Potts. (2009). The earliest cylinder seal in the Arabian Peninsula. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 20: 109–121.

Potts, D.T. (2001). Before the Emirates: an Archaeological and Historical account of Developments in the Region c. 5000 BC to 676 AD. Pages 28–69, in: I. Al Abed and P. Hellyer, United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective. Trident Press, London.

Uerpmann, M. (2001). Remarks on the animal economy of Tell Abraq (Emirates of Sharjah and Umm al-Qaywayn, U.A.E.). Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 31: 227–233.

Uerpmann, M. and H-P. Uerpmann (2000). Faunal remains of al-Buhais 18, an aceramic neolithic site in the Emirate of Sharjah (SE-Arabia) – Excavations 1995–1998. Pages 40–49, in: M. Mashkour, A.M. Choyke, H. Buitenhuis and

F. Poplin (eds.), Archaeozoology of the Near East IVB – Proceedings of the fourth international symposium on the archaeozoology of southwestern Asia and adjacent areas. ARC – Publicatie 32. Groningen, Netherlands.

Uerpmann, M., H-P. Uerpmann and S.A. Jasim. (2000). Stone Age nomadism in SE-Arabia – palaeo-economic considerations on the neolithic site of Al-Buhais 18 in the Emirate of Sharjah, U.A.E. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 30: 229–234.

Uerpmann, M., H-P. Uerpmann and S.A. Jasim (Eds.). (2006). Funeral Monuments and Human Remains from Jebel al-Buhais. The Archaeology of Jebel Al-Buhais Vol. 1, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Department of Culture and Information, Government of Sharjah, in collaboration with the Institut für Ur- und Frügeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters, Universitat Tübingen, Germany, and Kerns Verlag, Tübingen.

Uerpmann, M., H-P. Uerpmann and S.A. Jasim (Eds.). (2008). The Natural Environment of Jebel al-Buhais: Past and Present. The Archaeology of Jebel Al-Buhais Vol. 2, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Department of Culture and Information, Government of Sharjah, in collaboration with the Institut für Ur- und Frügeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters, Universitat Tübingen, Germany, and Kerns Verlag, Tübingen.

Iron Age to Pre-Islam

Al-Tikriti, W.Y. (2002). Al-aflaj fi dawlat al-imarat al-’arabiyat al-mutahida. Dirasat athariya fi anzamat al-rayy al-qadima (Aflaj in the United Arab Emirates. Archaeological Studies on Ancient Irrigation Systems) – in Arabic. Ministry of Information and Culture, Abu Dhabi.

Al-Tikriti, W.Y. (2002). The south-east Arabian origin of the falaj system. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 32: 117–138.

Beech, M., M. Mashkour, M. Huels and A. Zazzo. (2009). Prehistoric Camels in South-Eastern Arabia: the Discovery of a New Site in Abu Dhabi’s Western Region, United Arab Emirates. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 39.

Boucharlat, R. (2003). Iron Age Water-draining Galleries and the Iranian ‘Qanat’. Pages 162–172, in: D.T. Potts, H. Naboodah and P. Hellyer (eds.), Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Archaeology of the UAE. Trident Press Ltd., London.

Cordoba, J.M. and M. Cerro. (2005). Archéologie de l’eau dans al Madam (Sharjah, Émirats Arabes Unis). Puits, aflaj et sécheresse pendant l’âge du Fer. The Iron Age in the Iranian World – International Congress, 17-20 November 2003, Ghent University / Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels. IA 40: 515-532.

Carter, R. (2008). Christianity in the Gulf during the first centuries of Islam. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 19: 71–108.

Elders, J. (2003). The Nestorians in the Gulf: Just Passing Through? Pages 229–236, in: D.T. Potts, H. Naboodah and P. Hellyer (eds.), Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, 15–18 April 2001). Trident Press, London.

Haerinck, E. (2001). The University of Ghent South-East Arabian Archaeological Project: Excavations at Ed-Dur (Umm Al-Qaiwain, United Arab Emirates). Volume 2 – The Tombs. Peeters Publishers.

Haerinck, E. (2003). Internationalisation and Business in Southeast Arabia during the Late 1st century B.C./1st century A.D.: Archaeological Evidence from Ed-Dur (Umm al-Qaiwain, U.A.E.). Pages 196-206, in: D.T. Potts, H. Naboodah and P. Hellyer (eds.), Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, 15–18 April 2001). Trident Press, London.

Kennet, D. (2007). The decline of eastern Arabia in the Sasanian period. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 18(1): 86–122.

King, G.R.D. (1997). A Nestorian monastic settlement on the island of Sir Bani Yas, Abu Dhabi: a preliminary report. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 60(2): 221–235.

Gruber C., Ayoub S., Bruckner H., von den Driesch A., Manhart H., Qandil H., Werner P. & Zander A. (2005). The site of Al Sufouh 2 within the Internet City of Dubai, UAE: Preliminary report on four campaigns of excavation (03/2001–11/2002). Pages 48–70 in P. Hellyer and M. Ziolkowski (eds.), Emirates Heritage 1 – Proceedings of the 1st Annual Symposium on Recent Palaeontological & Archaeological Discoveries in the Emirates, Al Ain, 2003. Al Ain: Zayed Center for Heritage and History.

Hoch, E. (1979). Reflections on prehistoric life at Umm an-Nar (Trucial Oman) based on faunal remains from the third millennium BC. Pages 589-638, in: M. Taddei (ed.), South Asian Archaeology. Papers from the Fourth International Conference of the association of South Asian archaeologists in Western Europe, held in the Istututo Universitario Orientale, Naples. Seminario di Studi Asiatici Series Minor 6.

Köhler-Rollefson I. (1993). Camels and Camel Pastoralism in Arabia. The Biblical Archaeologist 56(4): 180–188.

Mashkour, M. (1997). The funeral rites at Mleiha (Sharjah – U.A.E.): The Camelid Graves. International Council of Archaezoology, Konstanz, 26 Oct. – 1 Nov 1994. Anthropozoologica 25–26: 725–736.

Mouton, M. (1998). Mleiha I : Environnement, stratégies de subsistance et artisanats, Travaux de la Maison de l’Orient n°28, Lyon.

Parker A.G., Goudie A.S., Stokes S., White K., Hodson M.J., Manning M. & Kennet D. (2006). A record of Holocene climate change from lake geochemical analyses in southeastern Arabia. Quaternary Research 66: 465–476.

Potts, D.T. (2005). Bactrian Camels and Bactrian-Dromedary Hybrids. The Silk Road 3(1): 49-58. Online source: http: // www. silk-road.com/newsletter/vol3num1/7_bactrian.php

Uerpmann, H.P. (1999). Camel and horse skeletons from protohistoric graves at Mleiha in the Emirate of Sharjah (U.A.E.). Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 10: 102–118.

Uerpmann, H.P. and M. Uerpmann. (1999). The camel burial of al-Buhais 12 (Sharjah, U.A.E.). Pages 455-462, in: C. Becker, H. Manhart, J. Peters and J. Schibler (eds.), Historia Animalium Ex Ossibus - Beiträge zur Paläoanatomie, Archäologie, Ägyptologie, Ethnologie und Geschichte der Tiermedizin; Festschrift für Angela von den Driesch zum 65. Rahden/Westf., Leidorf. 8.

Uerpmann, H.P. and M. Uerpmann. (2002). The Appearance of the Domestic Camel in South-East Arabia. The Journal of Oman Studies 12: 235–260.

Vogt B. (1994). Death, resurrection and the camel. Pages 279–290 in N.Nebes (ed.), Arabia Felix, Beitrage zur Sprache und Kultur des vorislamischen Arabien. Festschrift Walter W. Müller zum 60. Geburstag. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.

von den Driesch, A., & Manhart, H. (2006). New evidence for wild dromedaries at the Arabian Gulf coast during the 3rd and 2nd Millennium BC. Paper presented at ASWA VIII – Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas. 28 June – 1 July, 2006. Lyon, France: Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée.

Islam to the Pre-Oil Era

Heard-Bey, F. (1981). From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates. U.K: Longman Group.

Hellyer, P. (Ed.). (1998). Waves of time: the maritime history of the United Arab Emirates. London: Trident Press.

King, G.R.D. (2001). The coming of Islam and the Islamic Period in the UAE. In Al Abed, I. & Hellyer, P., United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective (pp.70–97). London: Trident Press.

King, G.R.D. (with architectural drawings by Connolly, D.). (2004a). Bayt al-Muraykhi: a later Islamic pearl merchant’s house at Dalma, Abu Dhabi Emirate. Tribulus (Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group), 14.1: 3–8.

King, G.R.D. (with ground-plans and elevational drawings by Connolly, D.). (2004). The traditional mosques of Dalma, Abu Dhabi Emirate. Tribulus (Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group), 14.2: 23–31.

Lienhardt, P. (2001). Shaikhdoms of eastern Arabia. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

PATHWAYS

Abu Dhabi climate change policy – 2nd draft (unpublished). (2009). Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD).

Abu Dhabi 5-Year economic development strategy. (2009). Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development.

Abu Dhabi policy agenda 2030 (unpublished draft). Executive Affairs Authority.

Abu Dhabi surface transport master plan. (2009). Abu Dhabi Department of Transport.

Annual work plan 2009 and 5-year sector timeline 2009–2013. (2009). Regulation and Supervision Bureau.

Climate change impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation in the United Arab Emirates. (2008). Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD).

Estidama pearl rating system (unpublished draft). Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council.

Plan Abu Dhabi 2030 – urban structure framework plan. (2007). Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council.

Abu Dhabi Cartography

GEOGRAPHIC INHERITANCE

Abdelfattah, M.A. (2009). Land degradation indicators and management options in the desert environment of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Soil Survey Horizons, 50, 3–10.

Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council. (2007). Plan Abu Dhabi 2030: Urban Structure Framework Plan. Urban Planning Council, Abu Dhabi.

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Baghdady, A.R. (1998). Petrography, mineralogy and environmental implications of the sand dunes fields of the greater Al Ain area, United Arab Emirates. Unpublished Ph.D., Ain Shams University, Egypt.

Coffin, M.F., Gahagan, L.M., & Lawver, L.A. (1998). Present-day plate boundary digital data compilation. University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Technical Report No. 174, 5 p.

Edgell, H.S. (2006). Arabian Deserts: Nature, Origin and Evolution. The Netherlands: Springer.

El-Sayed, M.I. (1999). Sedimentological characteristics and morphology of the aeolian sand dunes in the eastern part of the UAE, a case study from Ar Rub’ Al Khali. Sedimentary Geology, 123 (3–4), 219–238.

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EAD. (2009). Soil Survey of Abu Dhabi Emirate: Extensive Survey, Volume 1. Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency. (2004). Soil Survey for the Coastline of Abu Dhabi Emirate. Soil Resources Programme, Terrestrial Environment Research Centre.

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Hellyer, P. (1993). New discoveries on Dalma and Sir Bani Yas. Tribulus (Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group), 3(2), 16.

Hellyer, P. (2002). The Archaeology of the Sabkhat of Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey. In Barth & Boer (Eds.) Sabkha Ecosystems 325–333. The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

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Kendall, C.G. St. C., Alsharhan, A.S., & Cohen, A. The holocene tidal flat complex of the Arabian Gulf coast of Abu Dhabi. In Sabkha ecosystems, Volume 1: The Arabian Peninsula and adjacent countries (Barth, H.J., and Boer, B.). Norwell, Massachusetts: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

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King, G.R.D. 1998. Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey: Season I – An Archaeological Survey of Sir Bani Yas, Dalma and Marawah: Season One. London: Trident Press.

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UAE Interact (Online). (2007). Man-made Lulu Island opens to the public. Retrieved October 3, 2009, from website: http://www.uaeinteract.com/docs/Man-made_Lulu_Island_opens_to_the_public/24808.htm

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RESOURCE OF LIFE

Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD). (2005). Development of a Groundwater Monitoring Network for Abu Dhabi Emirate. Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

EAD. (n.d.). Agedi geoportal: Water resources (Online), October 12, 2009. Retrieved from http://geoportal.ead.ae/Portal/ptk?command=openchannel&channel=29

EAD. (2006). Water resources statistics. Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

EAD. (2008). Physical geography sector paper. Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

EAD. (2008). State of the environment report. Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

EAD. (2008). Water resources of Abu Dhabi Emirate. Environmental Data Initiative, Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

EAD. (2008). Water resources sector paper. Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

EAD. (2009). Water resources management in Abu Dhabi Emirate. Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

EAD. (2009). Water resources master plan. Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency. (2003). Assessment of the water situation in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi Emirate: Inception Report. Terrestrial Environment Research Centre, Abu Dhabi.

Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency. (2004). Assessment of the water situation and management in Abu Dhabi Emirate. Terrestrial Environment Research Centre, Abu Dhabi.

Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)/Dornier Consulting. (2005). Groundwater assessment project Abu Dhabi. Report on the analysis of core samples within the GWAP Abu Dhabi, 311 p.

Khalifa, M.A. (2004). Hydrogeologic setting and characterization of the aquifer system in Al Wigan area, South Al Ain, UAE. UAE University, Deanship of Graduate Studies, Master of Water Resources.

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SEA TO SUMMIT (Marine Ecosystems)

Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z. (n.d.). Sea turtles of the UAE: Status and conservation options (Online), October 13, 2009. Retrieved from http://assets.panda.org/downloads/marine_turtles_uae_tabit_al___abdessalaam.ppt

Al-Ghais, S.M., & Das, H.S. (2001). Conservation of dugongs in the UAE. Second Annual Report of the study submitted to Abu Al-Bukhoosh, 32 p.

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EAD. (2005–2008). Fisheries statistical bulletin – 2005 to 2008: A brief overview of fisheries statistics of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

EAD. (2007). Marine environment and resources of Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi: Motivate Publishing.

EAD. (2008). Marine & coastal environment sector paper. Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency. (2001–2004). Annual fisheries statistics for the Abu Dhabi Emirate (2001–2004 ). Marine Environmental Research Center, United Arab Emirates.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). (2010). Fishery and aquaculture country profiles: United Arab Emirates (Online), October 20, 2009. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/countrysector/FI-CP_AE/en

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SEA TO SUMMIT (Terrestrial Ecosystems)

BirdLife International. (2009). Important Bird Area factsheet: United Arab Emirates (Online), October 7, 2009. Retrieved from http://www.birdlife.org

El Din, S.B. (1996). Terrestrial reptiles of Abu Dhabi. In: Osborne, P.E. (Ed.), Desert Ecology of Abu Dhabi – A Review and Recent Studies. Newbury, UK: Pisces Publications.

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Soorae, P.S. (2007). Common reptiles of Abu Dhabi Emirate’s coastline and offshore islands. Gulf Research Center Environment Bulletin, 3, 15–17.

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NATURAL CAPITAL

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