| microbial community of cyanobacteria mats in the intertidal zone of oil-polluted coast of saudi arabia. | cyanobacterial mats are found at various locations along the coast of the eastern province of saudi arabia. those mats were affected by severe oil pollution following 1991 oil spill. in this study, samples from abu ali island were collected at three selected sampling sites across the intertidal zone (lower, middle, and upper) in order to understand the effect of extreme environmental conditions of high salinity, temperature and desiccation on distribution of cyanobacteria along the oil polluted ... | 2007 | 17045306 |