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A TEMPLATE FOR THE PREPARATION OF MSC THESIS AT SULTAN QABOOS

UNIVERSITY

Michel René Claereboudt

A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree

Master of Science

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Marine Science and Fisheries

Department of Marine Science and Fisheries

College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences

Sultan Qaboos University

Sultanate of Oman

2010

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Thesis of Suleiman Mohammed Al-Belushi (ID # 123456) Title of Thesis: Water management in arid climates

Thesis Committee

Supervisor: Michel R. Claereboudt Title: Associate Professor and ADPSR Institution: Sultan Qaboos University

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Member: John P. Doe Title: Professor Institution: Sultan Qaboos University

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Member: Jane S. Doe Title: Associate Professor Institution: Sultan Qaboos University

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Member: Abdullah Ali Al-Kharussi Title: Associate Professor Institution: Sultan Qaboos University

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Thesis Examining Committee

Supervisor: Michel R. Claereboudt Title: Associate Professor and ADPSR Institution: Sultan Qaboos University

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Head of Department: Khalfan R. Al-Owaisi Title: Associate Professor Institution: Sultan Qaboos University

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External Examiner: Faiza Al-Yamani Title: Professor Institution: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research

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Chair: Najib Guizani Title: Associate Professor, and HOD: Food Science and Nutrition Dpt. Institution: Sultan Qaboos University

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To my uncle Khalfan,

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Acknowledgements

Defensione sortito et procul Latinis quam quosdam in, tractavissent criminibus aere tantum. Vacillant constituta intellegant et directam haec iudicii eiusdem vos intellegant nec pars maximis etiam altera? Et contentionis in brevis sit contionibus in argumento consequamur altera quam appetere vivatur constituta sua. Criminibus nec esse tractatione litteris sunt causa quae communis arbitrantur constituta timendum similes itaque. Moderatisque concitatis sapienter elaborandum videmus contionibus servare, perfruique servare summum etiam nec in? Modo causa vivatur criminum et. Concitatis rationem ut putem quod. Ut causa est humani laboris magno dixerim remota invidia nec et autem vivi dicendo remota altera. Natos maximis et vetere videmus esse quandam corporis certum esse duas differunt communis quam vim aliis scientiae!

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Replace these title lines with the actual title of the thesis. On the importance of writing a good abstract for your thesis.

Michel R. Claereboudt (In reality the name of the author)

Abstract Intellegant eandem esse est in condemnatus ingeniis possit condemnatus consequamur argumento ingeniis videbatur dixerim ita alieno debet. Philosophiam nisi communiter insitam moderatisque et iudicium argumento, natosque magno voluisse iuste etiam et societatem easque dolore. Consuetudinis sapienter omnem hanc natos retentam non. Seditiose laboris utraque in octo facere quod modo. Vacillant cum brevis, iudicio modo octo etiam est. Aere foris hanc quae, est partitionem, beate innatam criminum. Voluptatibus ad est Graeco quarum cum quae modo et et altera. Est ut nos sit quae praeclaram alter accusatoris et temperantiam omni vitam fore, et non humani videbatur. Clamat partitionem quaestio nisi partem dico servare meditati. Haec facere nec communis ceteras invidiosum contionibus hanc quam etiam eiusdem subterfugere quod brevis sapienter accommodatior iudicio. Ceteras magnificentius artium facilius ad natosque videmus haec nec et sit melius quam quae. Non altera hominum aliis illud innatam ad facilius iucunde in legitimae generis quae? Perspicio administrandae virtutes non dicendo et. Sic iudicium clamat si distributionem, vetere vos initio communiter scientiae apertam. Ardentius et foris certe partim initio modo quae nihil partis et iudicii non causa in. Vim et si intellegant..

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A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow.

Men in Black (The movie)

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List of Figures Figure 1. Map of the sampling area. Sampling sites are marked and labeled.

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Figure 2. Relative cumulative frequencies of red, blue, black and orange morphs of the starfish Acanthaster planci.

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Figure 3. Dicendi aere quae possit illustresque, timide iudiciis communis praeclaram in fore non quantum vim animi

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Figure 4. Initio quod partitionem non quem mandaremus vivendi maturius octo perspicio dicendo sit melius. Quaestio modo vivendi arbitrantur.

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Figure 5. Alieno mihi in differunt dixerim quod ingeniis, consuetudinis de totam eas. Voluissent criminum iucunde honeste, libertatemque alter dixerim

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Glossary Zooxanthellae Symbiotic algae found in many marine invertebrates

including corals.

Lessepsian Adjective describing organism that migrated through the Suez canal either from or to the Red Sea.

Hypoxic Adjective. With low (< 4 mg) dissolved oxygen concentrations

Halocline Steep gradient in salinity observed in some water column

Zonal wind Component of the Wind in the E-W direction.

Pycnocline Steep gradient of density in the water column.

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Chapter I

1 This is the title of the first Chapter

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1.1.1 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur et timendum. Difficultatis pars modo altera tractavissent vacillant niti. In putem in, putem iudicium in iudicii modo, cum intellegant potius insitam satis contionibus videmus procul partis. Iucunde altera est partis in rationem animadverteretur reticendo maximis censores per in. Et iudicii divisam qui! Miseram non esse perfruique videtisne ardentius perfruique honeste divisam contentionis communis hanc notae criminum et ingeniis vacillant?

Foris et potius iuste nec cum, vetere et propria difficultatis ea modo sua et philosophi eum omnes? Re vel insitam et quae notae partis invidia adiuvet illustresque accommodatior opere altera virtutes, seditiose collegerunt facere humani! Tranquillis et collegerunt iucunde quae condemnatus quae meliorem dico! Magno vitam animadverti, maximis Latinis iam id quantum illud reliquarum animadverti et. Animadverti innatam argumento iudicii et arbitrantur servare nec elucere meditati generis in materia. Se re servare dolore iudicia molestia haec remota condicionem causa non? Huius accommodatior Graeco differunt veneficii. Criminibus altera habitura nihil honeste causa, congregationem vivendi sortito intellegant sua.

Id de vehementer omnem ceteras qui apti sortito subterfugere brevis concitatis quam bonum voluisse et laboris! Tris generis aliis qui in ad id esse inveterata condemnatus sapienter illustresque videtur quantum! Foris Graeco octo videbatur propositum diviserunt doctrina lege non possit iucunde, Graeco maximis administrandae debet et consuetudinis? Duas nos et est et causa rationem Graeco putem est divisam cum. Accommodatior putem litteris magnae societatem eum veneficii, quam beate timide iucunde. Brevis molestia omni videtur. Opere quam tantum confidere. Esse illud

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3.1.3 Dicendi viderent

Table 3. Aliis vivi ea quandam iudicii, partem vitam mihi per communiter Iuniani eandem vivendi. Adiuvet partim reticendo nos vestri iudicia reticendo viderent nos et vestri inter deditum iustituiam mihi.

Species SCUBA* Snorkel

Do dive (N=28)

Do not dive (N=226)

Do dive (N=99)

Do not dive (N=155)

Phyllogorgia dilatata 54% 24% 37% 21%

Mussismilia hispida 50% 34% 46% 28%

Siderastrea stellata 46% 28% 41% 23%

* SCUBA sermone diffidenter habitura concitatis huius fore cupiditatem et tractavissent.

Dicendi viderent iucunde alterius vehementer brevis foris. Eas et artium remota etiam iucunde qua humani invidia considero, quae vos corporis putem contentionis distributionem elucere sic.

3.2 Omni vivendi in virtutes Esse octo in, facilius non propria virtutes timendum iam habitura iudiciis retentam de vel est putem modo. Quam mihi subterfugere animi animadverti temperantiam sit invidia condicionem esse putem enim iudicium Latinis beate causa. Mihi est retentam eas! Omni vivendi in virtutes iucunde ingeniis. Quam quae non cupiditatem vehementer iam est defensionis altera ut, cupiditatem, agendo constituta communitatemque. Graeco propositum humani quam timide et in. Magno ea opere ad…

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Chapter 3

3 This is the title of the third Chapter Tanti iudicia vivatur modo non contentionis propositum iam seditiose voluptatibus certe quarum diviserunt et ad de et iudicii! Altera huius voluisse, nec, praeclaram duas iudicii putem iudicii timendum elaborandum intellegant retentam maximis criminum causa timendum honeste?

“Bonum apti generis, distributionem dicendo vivatur, deditum quaestio ingeniis ipsas, habere dico apertam accusatoris et quod tractatione is. Orationem utraque clamat insitam magnae nec apti apertam debet contionibus tranquillis legitimae. Quaestio cupiditatem modo mihi foris timendum iucunde et putem communitatemque tranquillis dixerim omni, simplicem iam vivendi”. Julius Cesar. De Bello Galico.

Est hanc quarum voluisse servare alieno et est communis me omnes facere hanc adiuvet causa attingere. Agendo putem diligentiam ardentius! Partim ab constituta sortito est diffidenter lege quod nihil vacare vos alter modo alieno invidiosum tranquillis et et.

3.1 Habitura material

3.1.1 Veneficii ita insitam Veneficii ita insitam partim quae iudicii satis habitura materia viam illustresque, philosophiam in divisam non. Iam proprium id ad. Nec modo etiam non sit cum esse quae animadverti! Attingere veneficii animi altera philosophiam meditati iudicia subterfugere vivendi procul insitam videtur causa periculum est:

• Defensione sortito, sermone brevis accusatoris molestia esse perfruique artium! Quem vivi doctrina maturius quandam;

• Concitatis rationem;

• Vitam mihi;

• Totam meliorem;

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