Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
- Zahraa Z. Al-Janabi 1
- Shahed R. Zaki 2
- Jinnan S. AlHassany 3
- Abdul Hameed M.J. Al-Obaidy 4
- Eman. S. Awad 1
- Afrah A. Maktoof 5
1 Environmental Research Center, University of Technology - Iraq
2 Department of Biology, College of Science for Women, Baghdad University - Iraq
3 Department of Biology, College of Science for Women, Baghdad University - Iraq.
4 Environmental Research Center, University of Technology, Baghdad - Iraq
5 Biology Department, Science Collage, University of Thi-Qar - Iraq
Abstract
In this study, the sediment of Shatt Al-Basrah canal, was evaluated to illustrate the distribution of 4 heavy metals Cd, Cr, Fe and Mn in sediments collected from 5 sites. The assessment of heavy metals was conducted using three indices; the geoaccumulation index (I-geo), the enrichment factor (E.F.) and Pollution Index (PI). According to I-geo, the sediments collected from all sampling locations were unpolluted by Cd, Cr and Fe, where their values are less than 0 (<0), except Mn ranged between 0.98 to 1.37, the Igeo values for Mn show that sediments of Shatt Al-Basrah are unpolluted to moderately polluted for all sampling locations. Based on The enrichment factor, the sediment of Shatt Al-Basrah canal are classified as followed; significant enrichment for Cd, moderate enrichment to significant enrichment for Cr and deficiency to minimal enrichment for Mn. PI, which is based on individual metal Concentrations, shows that all sampling sites have no pollution effect for Cd, Cr and Mn, except Fe, which cause Slightly pollution affect in all site.
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