Increased agricultural and domestic activities around and within aquatic ecosystem could
pose serious threats to the habitat quality and ichthyofauna diversity. Nigeria is a country …

Rivers and reservoirs around the world are becoming dumping sites for liquid and solid
wastes which are toxic to the fish. The physicochemical parameters and ecotoxicological …

Fish can be considered as a good organism for bio-indicator in aquatic habitats as they
accumulate contaminant from the water bodies through food. Aquatic ecosystem pollutants …

Anthropogenic activities in inland water can cause species loss and displacement.
Therefore, there is a need to regularly examine species composition, abundance and …

The ichthyofauna diversity of the Jebba Hydroelectric Power (HEP) Dam, Jebba, North-
central Nigeria was studied. Fishes were sampled for 24 months using gill net, hook and …

Most rivers and reservoirs in the world are prone to pollution because of indiscriminate
disposal of domestic, agricultural and industrial wastes into the water bodies. In this study …

Indiscriminate discharge of home, agricultural, and industrial wastes into water bodies, most
rivers and reservoirs around the world are becoming polluted. The ecotoxicological potential …

INTRODUCTION ishing has served as a source of livelihood and protein in many countries
of the world (1). The freshwater ecosystem of Nigeria has fish diversity resources of more …

The present study investigated the physicochemical, phyto-and zoo-plankton, macro-
invertebrate composition and abundance in Apodu Reservoir in Malete, Ilorin, Kwara state …

There is a lack of comprehensive understanding of environmental factors influencing fish
species' abundance and distribution in some Nigerian freshwater ecosystems. Our study …