A study of invertebrate communities in Lesser Zab river Kurdistan region-Iraq
Joint Authors
Latif, Berivan A.
Ali, Luayy A.
Source
ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences
Issue
Vol. 29, Issue 1 (28 Feb. 2017), pp.54-64, 11 p.
Publisher
Salahaddin University-Erbil Department of Scientific Publications
Publication Date
2017-02-28
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Natural & Life Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Abstract EN
A study of invertebrates community has been carried out at three sites selected on Lesser Zab River.
Monthly samples of water, zooplanktonic and benthic invertebrates were collected for the period of May to October 2014.
Some physical and chemical properties of water were studied and the results showed that the water temperature ranged from 15-31 °C, hydrogen ion concentration of studied sites were found to lie in the alkaline side, it was ranged between 8.1-8.9, turbidity ranged from 14-105 NTU, salinity from 0.19 to 0.29 ppt, dissolved oxygen from 4 to 5.4mg.l-¹ and electrical conductivity from 316 to 454μs.cm ¹.
Regarding the zooplankton to the zooplankton, 29 species were identified which belongs to Copepod 76%, Cladocera 16 % and Rotifera 8 %.
A total of 18 species of benthic invertebrates were identified dominated by Annelida 67%, followed by Nematodes 20%, Insects 8 %, Mollusca 4.7 %, Targigrada 0.2% and Decapoda 0.1%.
According to Shanon-Weiner index, species diversity for zooplankton invertebrates was ranged from 0.067 to 0.90 bits/ind.
While for benthic invertebrates was ranged from 0.025 to 1.31 bits/ind.
Sorensen similarity index showed that the highest similarity was recorded between site (2) and site (3) with 87.17 % and 69.56% for both of planktonic and benthic invertebrate communities respectively.
Environmental Protection Agency standards revealed that Lesser Zab River was unpolluted in site1 and site2 and slightly polluted in site (3).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ali, Luayy A.& Latif, Berivan A.. 2017. A study of invertebrate communities in Lesser Zab river Kurdistan region-Iraq. ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences،Vol. 29, no. 1, pp.54-64.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-780027
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ali, Luayy A.& Latif, Berivan A.. A study of invertebrate communities in Lesser Zab river Kurdistan region-Iraq. ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences Vol. 29, no. 1 (2017), pp.54-64.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-780027
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ali, Luayy A.& Latif, Berivan A.. A study of invertebrate communities in Lesser Zab river Kurdistan region-Iraq. ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences. 2017. Vol. 29, no. 1, pp.54-64.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-780027
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 63-64
Record ID
BIM-780027