The nitrogen and phosphate forms in water of Shatt Al-Arab River in Basra/ Iraq | ||
| Marsh Bulletin | ||
| Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 2, December 2013, Pages 182-192 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Author | ||
| Wesal Fakhri Hassan | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Sixty five water samples were collected from the river Shatt Al-Arab for the period of October 2011 to October 2012, the data were collected on a monthly base form five stations Qurna, Al- Sindebad, Abu Alkhaseeb, Al-Seba and Al-Fao. Some physiochemical parameters were measured as ammonia, nitrate, total Nitrogen (sum of all Nitrogen forms: NH4 1+, NO21-, NO31- and organic Nitrogen), phosphate (PO4-P) Organic phosphorus and total phosphorus. The result indicate that organic form of Nitrogen is the dominant percentage, ranges from 65% to 73% and Ammonium range from 27% to 33%. The percentage of organic Phosphors form is the dominate form 84% to 98%, compared to Orthophosphurs form. This shows the presence of these parameters in high concentration thus indicate that the river suffer from organic pollution | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Shatt Al; Arab; nitrogen forms; and organic Nitrogen; phosphate; Organic phosphorus and total phosphorus | ||
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