الملخص الإنجليزي
Coral records of the IUCN Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Project were incorporated into a computerized databased for 185 sites spanning the entire coast of the Sultanate. The database also classifies these sites by the type of coral assemblage (coral reef with framework development or rock with non-reef coral community), and provides general descriptions of the site and information on the uses and threats to corals there. This report is an interpretation of the database, and a second general environmental classification database that provides details of uses and management issues for 330 sites, of which 246 have coral communities. It presents additional information on the corals of Oman, resulting from studies directed specifically toward the formulation of coastal zone management plans and overview reports covering the entire coast of the Sultanate.
