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Physico -chemical environment of Lake Edku, Egypt

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Abstract

Lake Edku is one of the northern coastal lakes in Egypt, located at the western part of the Delta Nile. It receives its water from two drains namely: Elkhairy and Berzik drains. The lake is connected to the Mediterranean Sea through a narrow channel, Boughaz El-Meadia, which is opened into Abu Qir Bay, then to the sea. Seven stations were studied to represent three habitats as 1)drainage habitat; 2) lake-sea connection, which is considered the intermediate
zone between Lake Edku and the Mediterranean Sea; and 3) the body of Lakehabitat. Physical and chemical parameters such as temperature, turbidity,alkalinity, water pH, salinity, electrical conductivity, water depth, dissolved
oxygen (DO), chemical oxygen demand (COD), biological oxygen demand(BOD), water hardness and primary productivity were determined during the period from January to December 2004. It was found that many of these
ecological factors were impacted seasonally.

DOI

10.21608/ejabf.2008.1997

Keywords

Lake Edku, ecological factors, drainage habitat, Lake-Sea connection

Authors

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Magdy

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Khalil

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Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams Univ

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ejabf2017@gmail.com

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Safwat

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Shakir

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Texas Gulf Coast Environmental Data (Texged) Center, Prairie View A&M University,

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Abd El-Halim

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Saad

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Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams Univ.

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Montaser

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Hassan

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Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams Univ.

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First Name

Gamal

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El Shabrawy

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Nat. Inst. Ocean. & Fish., Egypt

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Volume

12

Article Issue

2

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420

Issue Date

2008-04-01

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2017-04-03

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2008-04-01

Page Start

119

Page End

132

Print ISSN

1110-6131

Online ISSN

2536-9814

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https://ejabf.journals.ekb.eg/article_1997.html

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103

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries

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https://ejabf.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023