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Provedor de dados: | 20
País: | Belgium

Título:

Impact of drainage water inflow on the environmental conditions and fishery resources of lake borollus

تأثير مياه الصرف على الظروف البيئية والثروة السمكية في بحيرة البرلس

Autores: | Al Sayes, A.; Radwan, A.; Shakweer, L.
Data: | 2007-10-04
Ano: | 2007
Palavras-chave: | Field Study; Brackish water; Fishery resources; Drainage water; Brackish water; Fishery resources; Drainage water; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1049; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2942; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2374.
Resumo: | The brackish water lake Borollus occupies a central position at the north between the two branches of the Nile delta. This lake has a particular importance in the fish economy of Egypt. Therefore environmental and fisheries investigation was carried out at the lake during 2000–2002, where 15 stations covering the whole area of the lake were sampled. The present study points out that: 1. The water transparency of the lake is low where the average Secchi disc depth ranged between 21.14 cm and 43.89 cm. 2. The average water temperature attained its minimum in winter and ranged between 16.20 °C and 17.80 °C. The highest temperature was in summer where it ranged between 28.33 °C and 28.52 °C. 3. The recorded pH values indicate that the lake water was generally in the slightly alkaline side and optimum for fish to live in. 4. The eastern part of the lake exhibited higher chlorosity values comparing with the middle or western areas as a result of mixing with the penetrated sea water. 5. The whole water body of the lake is well oxygenated where the average values of dissolved oxygen ranged between 6.6 mg/L and 11.1 mg/L. 6. The most abundant species among the inorganic nitrogen compounds was the nitrates. The average concentrations of nitrates in the water of the lake ranged between 1.23 μ gat/L and 7.165 μ gat/L. 7. The isolines distribution of phosphates concentrations indicate that such concentrations were high at the south decreasing northwards. 8. The drainage water contributes in increasing silicates concentrations in the lake water. 9. The sharp decrease in chlorosity of the lake water during the last 30 years greatly contributed in changing the species composition of fish population in the lake. 10. The percentage weight of marine fish species in the experimental catch decreased from 15.99% in 1973 to 1.81% in 2002, where the most of marine fish species did not exist in the catch. 11. The percentage weight of Oreochromis niloticus increased from 19.70% in 1973 to 39.43% in 2002.
Tipo: | Journal Contribution
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

Egyptian journal of aquatic research, 33(1). p. 312-351

1687-4285

http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1906

Editor: | National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt
Relação: | http://www.nodc-egypt.org/