Assessment of heavy metal concentration of two species of birds in Hor Al-Dalmaj, Southern Iraq

Abstract

Abstract The study was carried out on Hor Al-Dalmaj in Al-Diwaniyah Governorate, this study included assessing the concentration of heavy elements (lead, cadmium and copper) in two types of birds. swamphens and moorhen (Gallinula chloropus and Porphyrio alleni). The results of measurement of the concentration of heavy elements are shown, the highest average concentration of elemental Lead. in the bird samples it was 233.8 ppm in Liver samples of Gallinula chloropus during the summer season. For Cadmium concentrations, the highest concentration for bird samples the highest concentration reached 2.316 ppm in the muscles of a bird Porphyrio alleni during the winter season. The concentration of the copper element reached the highest significant concentration in birds reached 37.7 ppm in the muscles Porphyrio alleni during the summer season.