Abstract
Benthic invertebrates were used as bio- indicators to evaluate the pollution in -Diwania River. Five stations were selected for this purpose, extending from Al-Sannia district upstream to Al- Sadeer District downstream. The percentage of oligochaeta to total benthic invertebrates were calculated. The population density of density of Tubificid worms without hair chaetae was also used in evaluation. The results were presented as indices Io, IOBS (o1igochaete Index of Sediment Bioindication), TUSP (Tubificidae Species Percentage) and degree of pollution Eo. IT was noticed that the percentage of oligochaeta to the total benthic invertebrates ranged between 37.17% in station 1 to 60.685 in station 3.
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Article
How to Cite this Article
Jaweir, Haifa J. and Ibraheem, Sahib Sh.
(2004)
"Pollution Bio- indicators In Al-Diwania River Al-Qadisia Province / Iraq,"
Baghdad Science Journal: Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 28.
