Use of two aquatic snail species as bioindicators of heavy metals in Tigris river-Baghdad

Other Title(s)

استعمال نوعين من القواقع المائية كمؤشرات حيوية للعناصر الثقيلة في نهر دجلة-بغداد

Joint Authors

al-Ward, Harith Said Jafar
Yusuf, Ahmad
Ali, Haydar Zuhayr
Jafar, Ammar
Nisan, Ghassan
Haydar, Abbas

Source

Iraqi Journal of Science

Issue

Vol. 61, Issue 7 (31 Jul. 2020), pp.1589-1592, 4 p.

Publisher

University of Baghdad College of Science

Publication Date

2020-07-31

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

4

Main Subjects

Biology

Topics

Abstract EN

Thirty individuals of Bellamya bengalensis and Physella acuta were collected and identified from the Tigris River in Baghdad during the period between October to November 2017.

The efficiency of bioaccumulation of the two species as bioindicators for aquatic heavy metal pollution with Cd, Ni, Pb and Cu was investigated.

Both snail species had the ability to accumulate heavy metals.

The mean of Ni concentration in soft tissues of both snails was 1.53 ppm while the mean concentration of other heavy metals was significantly lower; they reached 0.51 ppm, 0.36 ppm and 0.29 ppm, respectively.

While no significant differences between B.

bengalensis and P.acuta were noticed in the ability to accumulate the heavy metals.

It is concluded that both snails shared the features of good bioindicators due to their sensitivity to pollution.

American Psychological Association (APA)

al-Ward, Harith Said Jafar& Ali, Haydar Zuhayr& Jafar, Ammar& Nisan, Ghassan& Haydar, Abbas& Yusuf, Ahmad. 2020. Use of two aquatic snail species as bioindicators of heavy metals in Tigris river-Baghdad. Iraqi Journal of Science،Vol. 61, no. 7, pp.1589-1592.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-970109

Modern Language Association (MLA)

al-Ward, Harith Said Jafar…[et al.]. Use of two aquatic snail species as bioindicators of heavy metals in Tigris river-Baghdad. Iraqi Journal of Science Vol. 61, no. 7 (2020), pp.1589-1592.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-970109

American Medical Association (AMA)

al-Ward, Harith Said Jafar& Ali, Haydar Zuhayr& Jafar, Ammar& Nisan, Ghassan& Haydar, Abbas& Yusuf, Ahmad. Use of two aquatic snail species as bioindicators of heavy metals in Tigris river-Baghdad. Iraqi Journal of Science. 2020. Vol. 61, no. 7, pp.1589-1592.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-970109

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Text in English ; abstracts in English and Arabic.

Record ID

BIM-970109