The lecturer in the Department of Ecology at the College of Science at the University of Basra, Dr. Nayef Mohsen Aziz, participated in the discussion of a master’s thesis by student Faras Sabih Aidan tagged "Bioaccumulation of petroleum hydrocarbons in tissues of some species of birds and economic fish in the Umm al-Naaj marsh in Maysan Governorate", which was joined by the College of Science at the University of Maysan. The thesis dealt with the study of hydrocarbon compounds in the tissues of birds and fish in Maysan Governorate