| monitoring population abundance of the sand lizard acanthodactylus scutellatus and their ant prey in oil polluted soils at kuwait's greater al-burgan oil field. | desert ecosystems in al-burgan oil fields of kuwait were contaminated by heavy metals and petroleum hydrocarbons due to oil spill generated by the gulf war in 1990. studying sand lizard (acanthodactylus scutellatus) population and their ant prey in the years 2002 and 2003 to detect the effects of oil pollution is now a focus of study. polluted sites with apparently different degrees of pollution (namely tar mat, soot and clear sites) were compared with control sites outside this region. total li ... | 2009 | 20128514 |
| evidence of hepatotoxicity in the sand lizard acanthodactylus scutellatus from kuwait's greater al-burgan oil field. | the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of oil pollution in a desert location (the greater al-burgan oil fields, an area damaged in the gulf war in 1991) in kuwait on the hepatotoxicity of the sand lizard acanthodactylus scutellatus (a. scutellatus). twenty lizards (10 of each sex) from each polluted and each control sites were collected. livers were removed from dissected animals and ready for fixation by bouin's solution and formal-saline. twenty sections (10 from males and 10 ... | 2011 | 21411141 |
| effects of oil pollution at kuwait's greater al-burgan oil field on the timing of morning emergence, basking and foraging behaviors by the sand lizard acanthodactylus scutellatus. | an attempt was made to study the effects of oil pollution in a desert location (the greater al-burgan oil fields, an area damaged in the second gulf war) in kuwait on the behaviour of the sand lizard a. scutellatus. polluted sites with apparently different degrees of contamination (namely tar mat, soot and clear sites) were compared with control areas outside this region. between 2002 and 2003, ten lizards (5 of each sex) on each polluted and each control site were observed in the field at a tim ... | 2008 | 18817131 |