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Impact of different pollutants on some water quality aspects of Lake Mariout, Egypt

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Ecology and Biology
Fisheries

Abstract

The present study was carried out in Mariout Lake, which considered an important natural resource for fish production in Alexandria governorate, Lake Mariout is surrounded by different sources of pollution, such as sewage, industrial and agriculture drainages. Therefore, the present study was conducted in five sites to evaluate the effects resulting from pollution on the physical and chemical properties of water. Water samples were collected monthly to investigate the effect of different geographical seasons (winter, spring, summer and autumn) of 2018. Obtained results revealed that pH values reached an increased value of 8.8. The highest values of total alkalinity and total hardness were 465.8 and 5400 (mg/l as CaCO3), respectively. The highest values of NO2, NO3 and total nitrogen that recorded alongside the study period were 0.2, 2.32 and 3.98 mg/l, respectively. The highest recorded values of PO4 and total phosphorous were 0.42 and 0.92 mg/l, respectively. Depending on the increased values of nutrients and chlorophyll 'a' (459.6 µg/l), as well as dissolved solids, some basins of the lake classified as eutrophic while the other basins classified as hypertrophic.

DOI

10.21608/eja.2021.48430.1039

Keywords

water quality, pollution, mariout

Authors

First Name

soha

Last Name

ahmed

MiddleName

mahmoud

Affiliation

animal production . assuit university

Email

drsoha71@gmail.com

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Volume

10

Article Issue

4

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19730

Issue Date

2020-12-01

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2020-11-01

Publish Date

2020-12-01

Page Start

17

Page End

37

Print ISSN

2090-7877

Online ISSN

2636-3984

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Original Article

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826

Publication Type

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal for Aquaculture

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https://eja.journals.ekb.eg/

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Impact of different pollutants on some water quality aspects of Lake Mariout, Egypt

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Created At

22 Jan 2023