The importance of water to our lives cannot be overemphasized as it is the source of all living things. Water scarcity is a concern in many Middle Eastern nations due to war and politics. Many people lose their essenc...
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s principal rivers are the Karun and Shatt al-Arab. The Karun River has a 950 km length. The Karun River starting point is the convergence of the Amand, Kuhrang, and Bazoft rivers. From t...
Iraq is part of the Fertile Crescent with the two large rivers:Tigris and Euphrates and their tributaries that secure the required quantity and quality of water to the Iraqi population for their different uses;includi...
P07-CVI-02700 from the Con-sejería de Innovacion,Ciencia y Empresa(Junta de Andalucía)/EU-ERDF.
After breeding,Black-necked Grebes(Podiceps nigricollis)perform a moult-migration to autumn hypersaline staging sites,where they moult the flight feathers and forage on superabundant brine shrimp(Artemia spp.)before l...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31870443);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2572016CA03);the Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Funds(LBH-Z16014).
Wetland restoration had been implemented for more than two decades in Sanjiang Plain,Northeast China.To assess the restoration effi ciency of wetland vegetation,we investigated plants composition of community,plant sp...
Salt marshes are among the most common morphological features found in tidal landscapes and provide ecosystem services of primary ecological and economic importance.However,the continued rise in relative sea level and...
Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) is the most commonly used larvicide to control mosquitoes worldwide. Considered as nontoxic to most organisms, Bti can nevertheless cause trophic perturbations to natura...
Under the auspices of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31200331;31370532;31301862 and 41430857);Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Professorship for Senior Foreign Scientists(2013T2Z0010)
Collembola is well known as one of the most important soil meso-faunas of terrestrial ecosystem. As terrestrial arthropods, some water-dependent Collembola live in or near water environment. However, hydrodynamic anal...
In this study,we evaluate ecological and cultural resiliency in response to desertification of the Mesopotamian Marshes of Southern Iraq.Our research illustrates that the desiccation of the marshes has caused a drasti...
funded by the Small Scale Funding Agreement (UNEP/ROWA)
Sand and dust storms (SDS) are common phenomena in arid and semi-arid areas. In recent years, SDS frequencies and intensities have increased significantly in Iran. A research on SDS sources is important for understa...