The effect of water quality including trace metals on Sargassum in the semi-arid waters off Kuwait, NW Arabian Gulf

Turki Al-Said1, Rakhesh Madhusoodhanan2, Aws Alghunaim1, Faiza Yousef Al-Yamani3, Raziya Kedila4, Loreta Fernandes1 and Walid AlZakri1, (1)Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Ecosystem based Management of Marine Resources Program Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Salmiya, Kuwait, (2)Kuwait Institute for Scientific Resesrch, Ecosystem based Management of Marine Resources Program Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Salmiya, Kuwait, (3)Kuwait Inst Scientific Research, Ecosystem based Management of Marine Resources Program Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Salmiyah, Kuwait, (4)Ecosystem Based Managment of marine Resources Program- Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait City, Kuwait