Journal of Water Resources and Ocean Science

Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2015

  • The Impact of Karkheh Dam Construction on Reducing the Extent of Wetlands of Hoor-Alazim

    Samira Fuladavand, Gholam Abbas Sayyad

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2015
    Pages: 33-38
    Received: 14 December 2014
    Accepted: 13 February 2015
    Published: 25 February 2015
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    Abstract: Hoor-Alazim wetland in the southwest part of Iran at Khozestan province is located in Iran and Iraq borderline. The wetland extent depends on the entering river sediments and its supply. Hoor-Alazim is affected by the torrential sediments of rivers such as Tigris and Euphrates in Iraq and Karkheh in Iran. By 1998, Iran has started to exploit from t... Show More
  • Pesticide Contamination Monitored by Passive Sampling in Environmental Water of Japanese Coral Island

    Yutaka Tashiro, Yutaka Kameda

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2015
    Pages: 39-43
    Received: 01 March 2015
    Accepted: 16 March 2015
    Published: 24 March 2015
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    Abstract: The pesticide contaminations in the water of rivers and an estuary of a Japanese coral island with unique ecosystems in enclosed moats and on fringing reefs were analyzed by means of passive sampling. Samplers were deployed in the rivers and estuary for each 2 weeks of August through December of 2013 and of February of 2014. One to 12 kinds of pest... Show More