BIOACCUMULATION DYNAMICS AND SEDIMENT QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS IN THE SOUTHERN IRAQI MARSHLAND ECOSYSTEM
The present study aims to assess the concentrations and accumulation of heavy metals in surface water, sediments and key aquatic macrophytes namely Ceratophyllum demersum, Phragmites australis, Arundo donax and Typhain the marshes of Iraqi south. Analysis of the water samples showed that the concentration of all the me...