Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity (New Recording of Two Species, Shrimp Penaeus Semisulcatus and Fish Pterois Volitans) in the Shat Al-Basra Channel - Basra, Iraq

Abstract

The case of climate change that occurred during the year 2008 in the waters of southern Iraq was studied, especially in the waters of the Shatt al-Basra canal and the accompanying appearance of some aquatic animals to places where they did not exist previously, such as shrimp Penaeus semisulcatus and a fish Pterois volitans. Temperatures reached more than 50 degrees Celsius during the summer months, with an increase in salinity levels that ranged between 40 to 80 parts per thousand in the Iraqi internal waters in general and the waters of the Shatt al-Basra channel in particular, and different sizes of shrimps ranged between 3cm to 16cm. While the length of the fish the catch is 25cm.