{"id":7178,"date":"2023-10-19T19:32:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/?p=7178"},"modified":"2023-10-19T19:32:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:32:27","slug":"using-indicators-of-bacterial-contamination-and-concentrations-of-some-heavy-metals-in-marine-sediments-to-assess-the-beach-of-lattakia-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/?p=7178","title":{"rendered":"Using Indicators of Bacterial Contamination and Concentrations of some Heavy Metals in Marine Sediments to Assess the Beach of Lattakia City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Ramia Shreba *<sup> (1) <\/sup>Badr Al Ali <sup>(1) <\/sup>Hussam Eddin Laika<sup> (2)<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">(1). Department of Marine Biology at High Institute of Marine Research, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">(2). Department of Marine Chemistry at High Institute of Marine Research, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">(*Corresponding author: Ramia Ahmad Shreba. E-Mail: <a href=\"mailto:shrebaramia@yahoo.com\">shrebaramia@yahoo.com<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Received:24\/07\/2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Accepted: 2\/09\/2022<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 17px;\"><strong>Abstract:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 17px;\">This research aimed in evaluating of bacterial and heavy metals contamination in marine sediments at three sites on the beach of Lattakia city during summer 2021 and winter 2022 by determining the concentrations of (lead and cadmium) as well as indicators of microbial contamination (Total Bacterial count (TB) and Fecal Coliform (FC) and Fecal Streptococcus (FS)), and the source of contamination was determined based on the ratio of Fecal Coliform and Fecal Streptococci (FC\/FS). The results showed high values \u200b\u200bof microbial contamination indicators and heavy metal concentrations in the study sites during winter and summer, respectively, where TB values \u200b\u200branged between (1.3\u20133.75) \u00d7 10<sup>5 <\/sup>CFU\/100g and CFU\/100g (1.55\u20136.3) \u00d7 10<sup>5<\/sup> and FC between (2.5\u20133.75) \u00d710<sup>3<\/sup> CFU\/100g and FS between (2\u20132.9) x 10<sup>3<\/sup> CFU\/100g, while lead concentrations were between (37.15\u201341.69) mg\/kg and cadmium concentrations were between (1.67\u20133.14) mg\/kg. The results showed also temporal and spatial changes in the indicators of the study between the different sites depending on the change in human activities, as it was noted that most study sites are polluted and not recommended for human use, while the source of pollution in the summer and winter was of mixed origin FC\/FS: 0.7-4 or from an animal source (&gt;0.7).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> marine sediments, heavy metals, bacterial pollution, FC\/FS, Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Full paper in Arabic: <a href=\"http:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/wp-content\/uploads\/v10n5p25.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramia Shreba * (1) Badr Al Ali (1) Hussam Eddin Laika (2) (1). Department of Marine Biology at High Institute of Marine Research, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria. (2). 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