Biomonitoring of radioactive contamination using benthic invertebrate communities in Manzala Lake, Egypt
Manzala Lake, the largest in Egypt’s Nile Delta, has significant human activity. The Lake’s ecological condition has recently been impacted by a significant increase in agricultural, industrial, and urban wastewater discharge. A valuable tool for monitoring the water quality of Manzala Lake is the s...
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| description | Manzala Lake, the largest in Egypt’s Nile Delta, has significant human activity. The Lake’s ecological condition has recently been impacted by a significant increase in agricultural, industrial, and urban wastewater discharge. A valuable tool for monitoring the water quality of Manzala Lake is the sensitivity of invertebrate species to various types of pollution, such as radioactive contamination. Activity concentrations of radionuclides Radium-226 (226Ra), Thorium-232 (232Th), Potassium-40 (40K), and Caesium-137 (137Cs) were measured in water, sediments and benthic invertebrate samples in 2020. The benthic community’s spatial distribution and the radionuclides’ bioaccumulation were evaluated to determine possible relationships. Thirty taxa of benthic invertebrates were recognised. The data illustrated that the mean activity concentration of radionuclides in water was in the order of 40K > 232Th > 226Ra > 137Cs, which changed into 40K > 226Ra > 232Th > 137Cs in the sediment and benthic invertebrates. Gastropoda and Ostracoda are the dominating groups of benthos in the lake and are related to the highest concentrations of radionuclides. The benthos species with shells dominated at the sites with the highest activity concentration of 226Ra, while soft-bodied organisms dominated in sites with the highest average 137Cs activity in these samples. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-158d7de69ce742e1873103f6f5250b452025-01-20T11:10:23ZengSciendoOceanological and Hydrobiological Studies1897-31912023-06-0152214716510.26881/oahs-2023.2.02Biomonitoring of radioactive contamination using benthic invertebrate communities in Manzala Lake, EgyptImam Noha0Bendary Reda E.1National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Physics and Geology Lab., Freshwater & Lakes Division, Cairo, EgyptNational Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Hydrobiology Lab., Freshwater & Lakes Division, Cairo, EgyptManzala Lake, the largest in Egypt’s Nile Delta, has significant human activity. The Lake’s ecological condition has recently been impacted by a significant increase in agricultural, industrial, and urban wastewater discharge. A valuable tool for monitoring the water quality of Manzala Lake is the sensitivity of invertebrate species to various types of pollution, such as radioactive contamination. Activity concentrations of radionuclides Radium-226 (226Ra), Thorium-232 (232Th), Potassium-40 (40K), and Caesium-137 (137Cs) were measured in water, sediments and benthic invertebrate samples in 2020. The benthic community’s spatial distribution and the radionuclides’ bioaccumulation were evaluated to determine possible relationships. Thirty taxa of benthic invertebrates were recognised. The data illustrated that the mean activity concentration of radionuclides in water was in the order of 40K > 232Th > 226Ra > 137Cs, which changed into 40K > 226Ra > 232Th > 137Cs in the sediment and benthic invertebrates. Gastropoda and Ostracoda are the dominating groups of benthos in the lake and are related to the highest concentrations of radionuclides. The benthos species with shells dominated at the sites with the highest activity concentration of 226Ra, while soft-bodied organisms dominated in sites with the highest average 137Cs activity in these samples.https://doi.org/10.26881/oahs-2023.2.02manzala lakebenthic invertebrateradionuclidesconcentration factor |
| spellingShingle | Imam Noha Bendary Reda E. Biomonitoring of radioactive contamination using benthic invertebrate communities in Manzala Lake, Egypt Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies manzala lake benthic invertebrate radionuclides concentration factor |
| title | Biomonitoring of radioactive contamination using benthic invertebrate communities in Manzala Lake, Egypt |
| title_full | Biomonitoring of radioactive contamination using benthic invertebrate communities in Manzala Lake, Egypt |
| title_fullStr | Biomonitoring of radioactive contamination using benthic invertebrate communities in Manzala Lake, Egypt |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biomonitoring of radioactive contamination using benthic invertebrate communities in Manzala Lake, Egypt |
| title_short | Biomonitoring of radioactive contamination using benthic invertebrate communities in Manzala Lake, Egypt |
| title_sort | biomonitoring of radioactive contamination using benthic invertebrate communities in manzala lake egypt |
| topic | manzala lake benthic invertebrate radionuclides concentration factor |
| url | https://doi.org/10.26881/oahs-2023.2.02 |
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