Six water stations were chosen along the lower reach section of AlKebir ALShimaly
river and some of it's tributaries, differing in their biotic and abiotic features. Water and
animal samples were collected bimonthly during spring, summer & autumn a
nd monthly
during winter during the period 25/8/2013 – 26/8/2014.
Seventeen species of freshwater molluscs were identified in all stations, fifteen
belonging to Gastropoda (6 of Prosobranchia & 9 of Pulmonata) and 2 belonging to
Bivalvia, one of it (Corbicula fluminea) was recorded for the first time in Syrian Arab
Republic.
We focused on in this study on the station ( Mafraq Quesmeen) that we studied it's
chemical and physical properties of the water and we identified 11 mollusc species and the
most frequency of it was Melanopsis praemorsa and it's frequency rate was 46.48% and it
was the most constant in all continuous samples and it was 100%
Three sampling stations were chosen along the lower reach section of AlSanawbarriver (Lattakia-Syria). In these stations, the freshwater molluscs were studied, environmentally and taxonomically, during the period 4/3/2012 – 4/8/2013.
In this resea
rch, I present the results of the environmental study on the Gastropod Valvatasaulcyiwhich was more abundant in the 3rd station; 5km of the estuary.
Ten mollusc species were identified; 8 belonging to Gastropoda (4 of Prosobranchia & 4 of Pulmonata) and 2 belonging to Bivalvia.
The chemical and physical properties of the water in the 3rd station were studied and the work was concentrated on Valvatasaulcyipopulation and structure, where samples were collected bimonthly during Spring, summer & autumn and monthly during winter. It was shown that reproduction of such species is continuous along the year, with 2 reproduction beaks: the more important one is spring beak and the less important one is autumn beak.
The population structure of the species was studied: shell dimensions were measured and the relationships were studied between height growth and breadth growth of the shell, and between the breadth growth and dry weight of the individual ….
