Hydrology: Current Research

Sama Sameer Al- Maarofi

Publications

• Research Article
  Restoration versus Re-flooding: Mesopotamia Marshlands
  Author(s): Ali Abdul Zahra Douabul, Nadia A. Al- Mudhafer, Abdulzahra A. Alhello, Hamid Talib Al- Saad and Sama Sameer Al- MaarofiAli Abdul Zahra Douabul, Nadia A. Al- Mudhafer, Abdulzahra A. Alhello, Hamid Talib Al- Saad and Sama Sameer Al- Maarofi
  
  The current water physiological and chemical parameters in the re-flooded marshes of the Mesopotamia are investigated from March 2005 to August 2008. Generally, desiccation, among the several natural and anthropogenic activities (water shortage, dams’ constructions), had the worst damage sequences that led to destroy the Mesopotamian’s ecosystem. Understanding the current physicochemical structure of the re-flooded marshes are important in order to evaluate the ecological function of the newly wetlands. This study will assess the ecological function of some of the re-flooded marshes based on their historical status in the 1970’s. The assessment will observe the overtime changes of water quality parameters, nutrients and major ions concentrations of the Mesopotamian marshlands before and after desiccation in thirty re-flooded marshes. During the study period, and unde.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7587.1000140

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