Sampling in coastal waters of Makran on the occasion of World Ocean Day

The vice president of research and education of the National Research Institute of Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences announced the sampling of coastal waters of Makran and said: In this sampling, the parameters of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll a, electrical conductivity and pH By device CTD It was measured to a depth of 20 meters. 

Dr. Ali Mehdinia added: In the continuation of this research, water sampling will also be carried out to measure nutrients (including nitrate, nitrite, ammonium, phosphate and silicate), total nitrogen and phosphorus, chlorophyll a,TOC ، TPHs ، PCBs , organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), detergents, total alkalinity and heavy metals, with a Niskin bottle tool with a volume of three liters,  carried out and transferred to the laboratory for analysis and investigation under standard conditions.