Assessing the Effect of Environmental Stressors on the Community Structure of Macroinvertebrates and Water Quality of River Ugbalo, Nigeria

E Olusegun Olatunji, L Abubokhai Elakhame… - Pollution, 2023 - jpoll.ut.ac.ir
Aquatic macroinvertebrates play significant roles in the benthic zone of the aquatic
ecosystem and they have different tolerance level to pollution. Globally, macroinvertebrates …

Macroinvertebrates of Wupa River, Abuja, Nigeria: Do environmental variables pattern their assemblages?

BO Omovoh, FO Arimoro, AV Anyanwale… - Biology …, 2023 - mediterraneanjournals.com
Macroinvertebrates, alongside physico-chemical variables, were sampled and analyzed for
nine months between April and December 2019 in three Stations (Stations 1, 2 and 3) in the …

[HTML][HTML] Macroinvertebrates as Bio Indicators of Water Quality in Pinyinyi River, Arusha Tanzania

RR Omary, MCS Lalika, M Nguvava… - Journal of Water Resource …, 2023 - scirp.org
Rivers are important for aquatic biodiversity. Anthropogenic activities degrade rivers and
decrease their capacity to offer ecosystem services. This study used macroinvertebrates to …

Comparative study of the macroinvertebrate community composition and water quality of Ona and Opa rivers, Southwestern Nigeria

BO Amusan, MA Idowu, SS Ogbogu - West African Journal of Applied …, 2018 - ajol.info
Macroinvertebrate samples of Ona and Opa rivers were taken fortnightly between April and
August, 2013 with the aid of a dip net of 500µm mesh size with the aim of evaluating the …

[PDF][PDF] Macroinvertebrates as bioindicators of water quality of effluent-receiving Ossah River, Umuahia, Southeast Nigeria

ED Anyanwu, MC Okorie, SN Odo - Zanco Journal of Pure and Applied …, 2019 - iasj.net
Bioindicators are biological organisms that can be used to monitor the quality of the
environment. Macroinvertebrates are known to be extremely sensitive to organic pollutants …

Assessing the ecological health of River Ringim, Northwestern, Nigeria using macroinvertebrate-based Chanchaga Multimetric Index

AO Edegbene, A Jazuli, IM Ayuba… - Water …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The ecological health of River Ringim, Jigawa State, northwestern Nigeria was assessed
between November 2018 and March 2019. Key physico-chemical variables alongside …

Assessing the ecological health of a river in North-West Nigeria using macroinvertebrates structural assemblage and environmental factors

AO Edegbene, GO Omovoh… - Asian Journal of …, 2021 - journal.send2sub.com
The ecological health of River Kafin Hausa was assessed in three well marked out stations
for a period of four (4) months, spanning from January to April, 2018. Water samples were …

Benthic macro-invertebrates as indicators of water quality in Ogunpa River, South-Western Nigeria

AO Iyiola, B Asiedu - West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 2020 - ajol.info
This study assessed the water quality of Ogunpa River using benthic macro-invertebrates.
Three sampling stations were purposively selected and replicated trice. Benthic samples …

Potential menace posed by invasive grass and water quality deterioration on macroinvertebrates structural distribution in a dam in North-Western Nigeria

AO Edegbene - Water Science, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Water bodies in the world have been studied for varied reasons based on their biota
composition, diversity, and influence of environmental variables. A study was carried out to …

Benthic macroinvertebrates as indicators of environmental quality of an urban stream, Zaria, Northern Nigeria

JA Adakole, PA Anunne - Journal of aquatic Sciences, 2003 - ajol.info
For a period of 2 years (from July, 1997 to June, 1999), 87 benthic macroinvertebrate taxa,
composed of 12,078 individuals were collected from four stations of Bindare stream and one …