The aim of this study is to assess the risk factors of pipelines and prioritize their severity in order to prevent their effects in Shadegan International wetland, Iran. Due to the participatory nature of the managerial affairs, the study employs an integrated approach that combines Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Delphi Method. Also, Likret Scale has been applied to quantify the qualitati...

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accumulation of trace metals in sediment can cause severe ecological impacts. the present study determines the elemental concentrations and chemical partitioning of heavy metals in surface sediment of shadegan wetland. shadegan wetland is one of the most important wetlands in southwest of iran and it is in ramsar-listed wetlands. for this purpose, 7 sampling stations were selected for sediment ...

two snail species belonging to genus lymnaea, l.auricularia and l.gedrosiana, were collected from 6 different districts of shadegan area of khoozestan. eight percent of the total collections of the snails revealed the occurrence of larva in them. the prevalence of larva within the snails varied in different districts may be due to different geoclimatic conditions and availability of fresh water...

this study was aimed to identify and mange the most stressful risks threatening shadegan international wetland. shadegan international wetland which is located in the southwest of iran is in the montero list and now threatened by several risks. in this study, the most important threatening risks of the wetland were identified. in the characteristics step, the risks were analyzed based on the se...

Biological response and ecological indices of benthic communities, such as greater mortality of foraminifera and shell abnormalities, have been used to document pollution effects on ecosystems. Shadegan Wetland was damaged from a deposition of huge amounts of soot and products of burning oilwells of Kuwait as well as chronic exhaust fumes of refinery and industrial furnaces. In this investigati...