TY - JOUR ID - TI - The nitrogen and phosphate forms in water of Shatt Al-Arab River in Basra/ Iraq AU - Wesal Fakhri Hassan وصال فخري حسان PY - 2013 VL - 8 IS - 2 SP - 182 EP - 192 JO - Marsh Bulletin مجلة الاهوار SN - 18169848 29579678 AB - 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

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