The Impact of Some Anthropogenic Activities on River Nile Delta Wetland Ecosystems
vv Life Sciences Group Global Journal of Ecology DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17352/gje CC By Mohamed M El-Shazly* Research Article Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, P. O. 12613, Egypt The impact of some anthropogenic Received: 08 January, 2019 Accepted: 21 January, 2019 Published: 23 January, 2019 activities on river Nile delta wetland *Corresponding author: Mohamed M El-Shazly, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, ecosystems Cairo University, Giza, P. O. 12613, Egypt, Tel: (002) 01227654174; Fax: (002) 0235727556; E-mail: Abstract Keywords: Nile river; Delta lagoons; Traces metals; Wetland degradation; Tilapia zillii; Phragmites austra- The River Nile delta shallow lakes namely, Edku, Burullus and Manzala are natural wetland ecosystems, lis; Lake management connected to fresh water sources at the south and to the open sea at the north. Throughout their relatively https://www.peertechz.com short geological and hydrological history, the lakes received unpolluted fresh water from the river Nile. Egyptians have begun practicing some form of water management for agriculture and transportation since about 5,000 years ago. As a result of agricultural and industrial development over the last century, the lagoons have been the end points of the last Egyptian use of the Nile water before fl owing to the Mediterranean Sea; currently, the lakes receive fresh water from polluted drains infl ow. In the present investigation, we studied some common characters of the lakes; including the accumulation of Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, Mn, Fe, and Al in water, surface sediments, Tilapia zillii fi sh, and the common reed, Phragmites austrlis.
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