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- Title
Concentrations of some heavy metals in plants adjacent to the Tigris River, Iraq.
- Authors
RASHEED, Marwan Majeed; SAEED, Ibrahim Omar; IBRAHIM, Omaima Mahmoud
- Abstract
The current study was completed in Salah al-Din Governorate for a full year, the period extending from June 2022 until the end of May 2023, to evaluate the concentration of zinc and copper in the plants adjacent to the Tigris River. It included the selection of six sites within the governorate, taking into account the locations close to the sources of pollution with heavy metals and the direct effects of population centers, which are (Al-Boujwari village, Al-Hajjaj village, Wadi Sheshin area, Al-Balaj, Al-Alam district and AlMahzam area); plant samples were taken three times for each site, during the four seasons of the year. The results showed that the concentrations of heavy metals varied temporally and spatially, as the values of zinc and copper ranged between (0.62-0.04) (0.52-0.02) mg L-1, respectively. An increase in zinc concentrations was observed compared to copper, and an increase in most concentrations was observed in the summer compared to other seasons.
- Subjects
TIGRIS River; HEAVY metal content of river sediments; ZINC; COPPER; POLLUTION
- Publication
Nativa, 2024, Vol 12, Issue 1, p191
- ISSN
2318-7670
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31413/nat.v12i1.17292