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
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
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