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Dubai has witnessed enormous infrastructural developments within the recent decades resulting in rapid changes, which have detrimental effects on the environment. A major attraction in Dubai is Dubai Creek, which is a saltwater stream that divides the city into two major sub-areas known as Bur Dubai and Deira. The creek is playing a major role in commerce and tourism following a few successful dredging efforts. Due to high level of anthropogenic activities, the creek has been viewed as a source of concern. Study of the variability of water quality parameters can help in understanding the pattern of changes and assessing the sustainability of the creek. DubaiSat-1 imagery and field data for monitoring stations along the creek have been utilized to study the variability of chlorophyll-a as essential algal growth indicator. Based on this study, the implications of the urban development on the variability of the concentrations of chlorophyll-a, phosphates, and total nitrogen in the creek are evident. The analysis shows a high correlation between the spectral-based chlorophyll-a concentrations, field-based phosphates and total nitrogen concentrations; as expected. Given the study timeframe, the fluctuation pattern of the concentrations of chlorophyll-a and the limiting nutrients calls for the implementation of a mitigation plan, which will ensure the sustainability of the creek.
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Ali, T.A., Mortula, M.M., Atabay, S. (2013). Study of Water Quality in Dubai Creek Using DubaiSat-1 Multispectral Imagery. In: Bian, F., Xie, Y., Cui, X., Zeng, Y. (eds) Geo-Informatics in Resource Management and Sustainable Ecosystem. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 398. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45025-9_22
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