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1. Abaychi, J. and H.T. Alsaad. 1988. Trace-Elements in Fish from the Arabian Gulf and the Shatt Al-Arab River, Iraq. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 40(2): p. 226-232.

2. Abaychi, J.K. and A.A.Z. Douabul. 1985. Trace-Metals in Shatt Al-Arab River, Iraq. Water Research, 19(4): p. 457-462.

3. Abaychi, J.K. and Y.Z. Mustafa. 1988. The Asiatic Clam, Corbicula-Fluminea - an Indicator of Trace-Metal Pollution in the Shatt Al-Arab River, Iraq. Environmental Pollution, 54(2): p. 109-122.

4. Agami, M., M. Litav, and Y. Waisel. 1976. The effects of various components of water pollution on the behavior of some aquatic macrophytes of the coastal rivers of Israel. Aquatic Botany, 2: p. 203-213.

5. Ahmed, H. 1981. Hydration and calcium concentration as a function of season in the Crab, Sesarma boulengeri, Calman Comp. Physio. Ecol., 6(2): p. 91-94.

6. Ahmed, H. 1987. Effect of ppm levels of Copp3er, Cadmium & Vanadium on the survival of Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard. Nat. Hist. Museum, 3(7).

7. Ahmed, H. 1987. A simple method for determination of Magnesium, Zinc, Copper, Sodium, Potassium and Calcium in the blood serum of patients with myocardial infarction by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. In 2nd International Conference on Elements in Health and Disease. Karachi, Pakistan.

8. Ahmed, H. 1988. Serum, Copper, Magnesium, Zinc, Calcium & Potassium following acute myocardial infraction. Angiology, 39(5).

9. Ahmed, H. 1989. Neuroendocrine controle of water content and calcium concentration in the Crab, Sesarma boulendgeri, Calman. Marina Mesopotamica, 4(1): p. 107-115.

10. Al Bakri, D. and W. Kittaneh. 1998. Physiochemical characteristics and pollution indicators in the intertidal zone of Kuwait: Implications for benthic ecology. Environmental Management, 22(3): p. 415-424.

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11. Aledany, T.Y. and A.H.A. Almousawi. 1986. Regional Variation in the Chemical-Composition of Soil and Dominant Aquatic Plants in Shatt-Al-Arab, Iraq. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 15(1): p. 87-94.

12. al-Ghazali, M.R. and S.K. al-Azawi. 1988. Storage effects of sewage sludge cake on the survival of Listeria monocytogenes. J Appl Bacteriol, 65(3): p. >209-13.

13. Al-Hamlan, S.F. 1981. A Histological Study of the Effect of Pollution on Kuwait Fish. New Haven, Connecticut: University of New Haven.

14. Alhassan, L.A.J. 1990. Phosphoglucomutase, Superoxide-Dismutase and Glucose-6-Phosphate-Dehydrogenase in Fish Collected from Iraq and Kuwait - a Comparative-Study. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 97(3): p. 461-465.

15. Al-Jebouri, M.M. 1985. A note on antibiotic resistance in the bacterial flora of raw sewage and sewage-polluted River Tigris in Mosul, Iraq. J Appl Bacteriol, 58(4): p. 401-6.

16. Al-Jebouri, M.M. and N.S. Al-Meshhadani. 1985. A note on antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli in adult man, raw sewage and sewage-polluted River Tigris in Mosul, Nineva. J Appl Bacteriol, 59(6): p. 513-8.

17. Almudaffar, N., I.N.O. Fawzi, and T. Aledanee. 1990. Hydrocarbons in Surface Sediments and Bivalves from Shatt-Al-Arab and Its Rivers, Southern Iraq. Oil & Chemical Pollution, 7(1): p. 17-28.

18. Almuzaini, S., M.U. Beg, and L.N. Ali. 1997. Microtox assay for assessment of marine pollution in industrial discharge zone of Kuwait. Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality, 12(2): p. 109-115.

19. Al-Muzaini, S., et al. 1999. The quality of marine water around a sewage outfall. Water Science and Technology, 40(7): p. 11-15.

20. Alsaad, H.T. and A.A. Altimari. 1993. Sources of Hydrocarbons and Fatty-Acids in Sediment from Hor-Al-Hammar Marsh, Shatt-Al-Arab, and North-West Arabian Gulf. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 26(10): p. 559-564.

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21. Al-Saad, H.T., S.M. Shamshoom, and J.K. Abaychi. 1998. Seasonal distribution of dissolved and particulate hydrocarbons in Shatt Al-Arab estuary and the North-West Arabian Gulf. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 36(10): p. 850-855.

22. Alsaadi, H.A., et al. 1989. On the Influence of the Sewage Drainage from Basrah City on the Phytoplankton and Related Nutrients in the Shatt Al-Arab Estuary, Iraq. Archiv Fur Hydrobiologie, 114(3): p. 443-452.

23. Alsaadi, H.A., H. Pankow, and M.F. Huq. 1979. Algological Investigations in the Polluted Ashar Canal and Shatt Al-Arab in Basrah (Iraq). Internationale Revue Der Gesamten Hydrobiologie, 64(4): p. 527-540.

24. Antoine, S.E. and H.A. Alsaadi. 1982. Limnological Studies on the Polluted Ashar Canal and Shatt Al-Arab River at Basrah (Iraq). Internationale Revue Der Gesamten Hydrobiologie, 67(3): p. 405-418.

25. Ayers, R.S. and D.W. Westcot. 1989. Water Quality for Agriculture. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Rome.

26. Beg, M.U., et al. 2001. Chemical contamination and toxicity of sediment from a coastal area receiving industrial effluents in Kuwait. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 41(3): p. 289-297.

27. Bruijning, C.F. 1967. The epidemiology and control of schistosomiasis. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd, 111(46): p. 2078-84.

28. Carpenter, K., et al. 1999. Middle East Conference on Marine Pollution and Effluent Management.

29. Douabul, A.A., et al. 1988. Tigris-Euphrates Delta - a Major Source of Pesticides to the Shatt Al-Arab River (Iraq). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 17(3): p. 405-418.

30. Douabul, A.A.Z. 1984. Petroleum Residues in the Waters of the Shatt Al-Arab River and the Northwest Region of the Arabian Gulf. Environment International, 10(3): p. 265-267.

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31. Douabul, A.A.Z., et al. 1987. Restoration of Heavily Polluted Branches of the Shatt Al-Arab River, Iraq. Water Research, 21(8): p. 955-960.

32. Douabul, A.A.Z., et al. 1987. Organochlorine Pesticide-Residues in Fish from the Shatt Al-Arab River, Iraq. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 38(4): p. 674-680.

33. Douabul, A.A.Z. and H.T. Alsaad. 1985. Seasonal-Variations of Oil Residues in Water of Shatt Al-Arab River, Iraq. Water Air and Soil Pollution, 24(3): p. 237-246.

34. Douabul, A.Z., H.T. Alsaad, and S.A. Darmoian. 1984. Distribution of Petroleum Residues in Surficial Sediments from Shatt Al-Arab River and the Northwest Region of the Arabian Gulf. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 15(5): p. 198-200.

35. Evans, M.I., P. Symens, and C.W.T. Pilcher. 1993. Short-Term Damage to Coastal Bird Populations in Saudi-Arabia and Kuwait Following the 1991 Gulf-War Marine Pollution. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 27: p. 157-161.

36. Fait, J.R. and J.M. Grizzle. 1993. Oral Toxicity of Rotenone for Common Carp. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 122: p. 302-304.

37. Fowler, S.W., et al. 1993. Petroleum-Hydrocarbons and Trace-Metals in Nearshore Gulf Sediments and Biota before and after the 1991 War - an Assessment of Temporal and Spatial Trends. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 27: p. 171-182.

38. Kassim, T.I., et al. 1997. Heavy metals in water, suspended particles, sediments and aquatic plants of the upper region of Euphrates river, Iraq. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part a-Environmental Science and Engineering & Toxic and Hazardous Substance Control, 32(9-10): p. 2497-2506.

39. Khalaf, S.H. and A.M. Muhammad. 1989. Studies on faecal streptococci in the river Tigris. Microbios, 57(231): p. 99-103.

40. Kwarteng, A.Y. and D. Al-Ajmi. 1997. Pollution in Kuwait's Marine Environment.

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41. Marsh, D.O., et al. 1995. Fetal methylmercury study in a Peruvian fish-eating population. Neurotoxicology, 16(4): p. 717-725.

42. Mohammad, M.B.M. 1980. A hydrobiological survey of a polluted canal. Hydrobiologia, 74: p. 179-186.

43. Mohammad, M.B.M. 1990. Revival of a River. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part a-Environmental Science and Engineering & Toxic and Hazardous Substance Control, 25(8): p. 913-926.

44. Saad, M.A.H. 1978. Seasonal-Variations of Some Physicochemical Conditions of Shatt-Al-Arab Estuary, Iraq. Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science, 6(5): p. 503-513.

45. Saad, M.A.H. and S.E. Antoine. 1983. Effect of Pollution on Phytoplankton in the Ashar Canal, a Highly Polluted Canal of the Shatt-Al-Arab Estuary at Basrah, Iraq. Hydrobiologia, 99(3): p. 189-196.

46. Shephard, D.A. 1976. Methyl mercury poisoning in Canada. Can Med Assoc J, 114(5): p. 463-72.

47. Svejcar, T. 1989. Steambank Plants Vital to Water Quality. Agricultural Research, 8: p. 19.

48. Venter, F.J. and A.R. Deacon. 1995. Managing rivers for conservation and ecotourism in the Kruger National Park. Water Science and Technology, 32(5-6): p. 227-233.

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