TY - JOUR ID - TI - Assessment of Shatt Al-Arab River Water Quality by Using Palmer's Algal Index, Basrah, Iraq AU - Hussam M. Al-Kanani حسام محمد الكناني PY - 2018 VL - 31 IS - 1 SP - 70 EP - 77 JO - Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences مجلة البصرة للعلوم الزراعية SN - 18175868 AB - Monthly Algal samples were collected from selected three sampling stationof Shatt Al-Arab River from August 2016 to July 2017. The most pollution tolerantgenera and species of four groups of algae were recorded from three sites of the river.Palmer (1969) Algal Genus pollution index and Algal species pollution index wereemployed to study the water quality of Shatt Al-Arab River. The total score of AlgalGenus pollution index of station 1, 2 and 3 were 21, 24 and 21 respectively. While totalscore from the Algal species pollution index at station (1) was 18, station (2) was 21,While at station (3) was 17 recorded from Shatt Al-Arab River. The total score of eachstation was greater than 20 indicating the confirmed high organic pollution. The presentstudy showed that the water quality of Shatt Al-Arab River was affected from domesticuses at the downstream of the river.

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