A Study of Some Aquatic Oligochaetes Community in Shatt Al-Hillah/ Middle of Iraq

The current study discusses the spatial distribution of Oligochaete communities on Shatt Al-Hillah. Monthly samples of Oligochaete worms were gathered from four locations along the Shatt Al-Hillah in the middle of Iraq, between September 2019 and May 2020. show the study for the existence of521Indiv...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2022-09, Vol.1088 (1), p.12007
Main Author: Obaid, Zahraa Hussein
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Oligochaetes Community
Shatt Al-Hillah
Spatial distribution
Species
Tubificid worms
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Summary:The current study discusses the spatial distribution of Oligochaete communities on Shatt Al-Hillah. Monthly samples of Oligochaete worms were gathered from four locations along the Shatt Al-Hillah in the middle of Iraq, between September 2019 and May 2020. show the study for the existence of521Individual aquatic Oligochaeta belong to 7 species from the Naididae and Lumriculdae subfamilies, as well as the Pristinae subfamily, and in Site S3 had the largest number of worms, with 180 worms from 7 species being detected, while in Site S2 had the least number of worms, 107 from 5 species. The largest individual numbers were registered in February, while the lowest were recorded in April. The species, Prisma aequiseta, was first recorded, in the Shatt Al-Hillah rive. Show tubificid worms, Branchuira sowerbyi, and Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri were the most abundant species in the Shatt Al-Hillah.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/1088/1/012007