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Samples of zooplankton's were collected by special net from 8 sites within Iraqi national waters represented by stations:

A survey has been conducted to evaluate pollution by petroleum hydrocarbons (PHC's) in water, sediments and living organisms of southern Iraqi sectors represented by Shatt Al-Arab River, Khor Al-Zubair, Umm Qasser, Khor Abdullah and the northwest Arabian Gulf. Petroleum hydrocarbons in water as dissolved and particulate, in sediments as exchangeable and residual and in the organs of living organisms were reported for the period 1980–2002. During 1980, levels of PHC's reported in Shatt Al-Arab river ranged from a lower value of 2.6 μ g l−1 in Qurnah and a higher value of 44 μ g l−1 in Basrah, while the range was little bit higher in the estuary of Shatt Al-Arab reaching 16–56 μ g l−1 during the same period. Then this range was lowered afterwards to reach 4–14 μ g l−1 in Shatt Al-Arab and 6–7 μ g l−1 in it's estuary during the year 1993, then it jumped afterwards to reach 2.5–47 μ g l−1 and 31–80 μg l−1 in Shatt Al-Arab river and it's estuary respectively during the year 2000. The same trend was found for the northwest Arabian Gulf. For sediments it seems that total petroleum hydrocarbons declined from Shatt Al-Arab River towards its estuary, Khor Al-Zubair, Khor Abdullah and the northwest Arabian Gulf.

This study evaluates the wound healing efficacy of Bienertia sinuspersici leaves, a recently discovered species in the Arabian Gulf. A topical cream was formalized from the leaves and its wound healing activity was evaluated for incision, excision, and burn wound models. Bienertia sinuspersici extract was prepared and used for preliminary phytochemical screening, Gas Chromatography-MS analysis, antibacterial assay (disk diffusion method S. aureus, S. pyogenes, E. coli, and P. aeruginosa), antioxidant study, and to formulate a cream that was used for wound healing clinical trial. The presence of glycosides, saponins, and tannins is not confirmed; GC-MS analysis indicates the presence of 3-O-Methyl-d-glucose (a sugar, 44.29% concentration) and l-(+)-Ascorbic acid 2,6-dihexadecanoate (fat-soluble Ascorbic acid, 9.19% concentration). Average zone of inhibition for gram positive and gram negative bacteria were respectively 12-18 and 14-21 mm. Epithelization period for incisions wounds was 6-8 days (negative control: 12 days) with high keratin production and decreased scarring. Healing in excision wounds was steadier, faster and infection-less, contrary to controls. Bienertia sinuspersici leaves promote rapid and steady wound healing for both excision and incision wounds, also its antibacterial activity seems to induce a rapid, infection-less healing process.

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