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  Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal Juniper Publishers Authored by:  Tayfun Kurt Abstract This study introduces a new integrated approach to drought susceptibility mapping in the Medina Region of Saudi Arabia by combining geomorphometric and hydrological indicators derived from high-resolution ALOS PALSAR DEM data. Using QGIS 3.42, key topographic parameters such as slope, aspect, Topographic Wetness Index (TWI), Stream Power Index (SPI), and the Drought Geomorphological Unit-based Index (Drought Index) were extracted and harmonized within a GIS-based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) framework. The integrated analysis enabled the identification of spatial patterns of drought risk and delineation of high-susceptibility zones. The results offer actionable insights for targeted drought mitigation, sustainable water resource planning, and environmental management in hyper-arid regions where conventional climatic data are limited. This approach demonstrates th...

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  Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal Juniper Publishers Authored by:  Hiroaki Tsutsumi Abstract The edible short-neck clam, Ruditapes philipinnarum , is one of the most dominant species in the macro-benthic community on the sandy tidal flats that face Ariake Bay in Kumamoto Prefecture, western Japan. Until the 1970s, over 40,000 tons of the clams were collected per year on the tidal flats. However, the dense patches disappeared, and the clam-harvesting fishery has suffered from extremely poor catches of less than 500 tons per year over the past three decades. We conducted environmental assessments of the sediment and did quantitative surveys of the macro-benthic community on Midori River Tidal Flats located in Kumamoto between April 2017 and April 2019 and tried to find the reasons why the clam population markedly declined. Asian mussels ( Arcuatula senhousia ) and short-neck clams predominated the macro-benthic community on the tidal flats. Howeve...