Aquatic ecosystem health and trophic status classification of the bitter lakes along the main connecting link between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean
المؤلفون المشاركون
al-Misnid, Fahd Abd Allah
Abd Allah, Halah S.
Irshad, Radwan
al-Farraj, Salih Abd al-Aziz
al-Maliki, Isam S.
al-Surayhi, Hamid Bin Abd al-Hamid
المصدر
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
العدد
المجلد 25، العدد 2 (28 فبراير/شباط 2018)، ص ص. 204-212، 9ص.
الناشر
تاريخ النشر
2018-02-28
دولة النشر
السعودية
عدد الصفحات
9
التخصصات الرئيسية
الموضوعات
الملخص EN
The Bitter Lakes are the most significant water bodies of the Suez Canal, comprising 85 % of the water volume, but spreading over only 24% of the length of the canal.
The present study aims at investigation of the trophic status of the Bitter Lakes employing various trophic state indices, biotic and abiotic parameters, thus reporting the health of the Lake ecosystem according to the internationally accepted classification criteria’s.
The composition and abundance of phytoplankton with a dominance of diatoms and a decreased population density of 4315–7376 ind.
1-1 reflect the oligotrophic nature of this water body.
The intense growth of diatoms in the Bitter Lakes depends on silicate availability, in addition to nitrate and phosphate.
If the trophic state index (TSI) is applied to the lakes under study it records that the Bitter Lakes have an index under 40.
Moreover, in the total chlorophyll-a measurements of 0.35–0.9 6 µg 1-1 there are more indicative of little algal biomass and lower biological productivity.
At 0.76–2.3 µg 1-1 , meanwhile, the low quantity of Phosphorus is a further measure of low biological productivity.
In the Bitter Lakes, TN / TP ratios are high and recorded 147.4, and 184.7 for minimum and maximum ratios, respectively.
These values indicate that in Bitter lakes, the limiting nutrient is phosphorus and confirm the oligotrophic status of the Bitter Lakes.
The latter conclusion is supported by Secchi disc water clarity measurements, showing that light can penetrate, and thus algae can photosynthesize, as deep as >13 m.
This study, therefore, showed that the Bitter Lakes of the Suez Canal exhibit oligotrophic conditions with clear water, low productivity and with no algal blooming.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
al-Surayhi, Hamid Bin Abd al-Hamid& Abd Allah, Halah S.& al-Misnid, Fahd Abd Allah& Irshad, Radwan& al-Farraj, Salih Abd al-Aziz& al-Maliki, Isam S.. 2018. Aquatic ecosystem health and trophic status classification of the bitter lakes along the main connecting link between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 25, no. 2, pp.204-212.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-787354
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
al-Surayhi, Hamid Bin Abd al-Hamid…[et al.]. Aquatic ecosystem health and trophic status classification of the bitter lakes along the main connecting link between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 25, no. 2 (Feb. 2018), pp.204-212.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-787354
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
al-Surayhi, Hamid Bin Abd al-Hamid& Abd Allah, Halah S.& al-Misnid, Fahd Abd Allah& Irshad, Radwan& al-Farraj, Salih Abd al-Aziz& al-Maliki, Isam S.. Aquatic ecosystem health and trophic status classification of the bitter lakes along the main connecting link between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2018. Vol. 25, no. 2, pp.204-212.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-787354
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 211-212
رقم السجل
BIM-787354
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