Physico -chemical environment of Lake Edku, Egypt | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries | ||||
| Article 9, Volume 12, Issue 2, April 2008, Page 119-132 | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2008.1997 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Magdy Khalil1; Safwat Shakir2; Abd El-Halim Saad3; Montaser Hassan3; Gamal El Shabrawy4 | ||||
| 1Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams Univ | ||||
| 2Texas Gulf Coast Environmental Data (Texged) Center, Prairie View A&M University, | ||||
| 3Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams Univ. | ||||
| 4Nat. Inst. Ocean. & Fish., Egypt | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Lake Edku; ecological factors; drainage habitat; Lake-Sea connection | ||||
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