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On the organochlorine pesticide residues in the marshes, Shatt Al-Arab and the Arabian Gulf system
Other Title(s)
بقايا المبيدات العضوية المكلورة في الأهوار و شط العرب و الخليج العربي
Joint Authors
Duabul, A. A. Z.
al-Timari, Amnih Abd al-Karim
Source
Mesopotamian Journal of Marine Science
Issue
Vol. 29, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.97-114, 18 p.
Publisher
University of Basrah Marine Science Centre
Publication Date
2014-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
18
Main Subjects
Earth Sciences, Water and Environment
Chemistry
Naval Science
Topics
Abstract EN
Organochlorine pesticides are a class of toxic compounds characterized by their relative chemical and biological stability.
They are ubiquitous in the environments and are soluble in liquids.
Consequently Organochlorine pesticides have been placed on “the top of black list” of potential environmental hazards.
Studies on Organochlorine residues have been carried out between 1979-1991.
The residues were determined in water, sediments and organisms collected from the Marshes, Shatt Al- Arab and the Arabian Gulf system.
Most of the data confirmed the present of ΣDDT, Endrin, Dieldrin, Chlordane and Heptachlor.
Their concentrations ranged from nd-336, nd-111, 12-195, nd-57 and nd-79 ng/l in dissolved, from 0.1-2560, nd-217, nd-0.97 , nd-171 and nd-679 μg/kg in particulate and from 0.04-220, nd-47, nd-22, nd from nd-24 μg/kg in sediments from 1-189, nd-154, nd-32, nd-58 and nd-6 ppb in fish, from 0.59-784, 166-540, 2-72, 5-3.1 and nd ppb in mussel and from 0.3-6.3, nd-0.4, nd-0.8, nd and nd-0.3 ppb in shrimp respectively.
In the last decade only two studies on Organochlorine residues have been done.
One of them in the Mesopotamian wetlands of southern Iraq in which residues of p,p´-DDT have been detected in 100% of the examined samples.
This indicates its ability to persist under severe drying of previously exposed surface sediments, long period of more than 10 years of previously exposed surface sediments, high temperature, and intensive solar radiation, and the other by using samples of water, sediment, fish and shrimp from Hor Al-Hammar Marshes of Iraq, high concentration of chlordane in both water and sediments were shown.
Therefore further work is needed to establish the baseline levels of Organochlorine residue in the Marshes, Shatt Al-Arab and the Arabian Gulf region.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Duabul, A. A. Z.& al-Timari, Amnih Abd al-Karim. 2014. On the organochlorine pesticide residues in the marshes, Shatt Al-Arab and the Arabian Gulf system. Mesopotamian Journal of Marine Science،Vol. 29, no. 2, pp.97-114.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-642533
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Duabul, A. A. Z.& al-Timari, Amnih Abd al-Karim. On the organochlorine pesticide residues in the marshes, Shatt Al-Arab and the Arabian Gulf system. Mesopotamian Journal of Marine Science Vol. 29, no. 2 (Dec. 2014), pp.97-114.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-642533
American Medical Association (AMA)
Duabul, A. A. Z.& al-Timari, Amnih Abd al-Karim. On the organochlorine pesticide residues in the marshes, Shatt Al-Arab and the Arabian Gulf system. Mesopotamian Journal of Marine Science. 2014. Vol. 29, no. 2, pp.97-114.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-642533
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 112-114
Record ID
BIM-642533