Publication Date:
2021-07-13
Description:
The implications of the abattoir effluents discharge into the Lower Ogun River in Isheri-Olofin area on the abundance of three African fresh water prawns: Macrobrachium vollenhovenii, M macrobrachion and M. felicinum were assessed. Monthly prawn collections were undertaken using a scooping bag net with 0.05mm mesh size at three stations with 100m intervals in each of Ishasi (upstream) and Isheri-Olofin (downstream) areas of the river for 24months (January, 2006-December, 2007). For the 24month period, the upstream (pooled data from stations 1,2 and 3) had M. vollenhovenii of total and mean density of 27,938.33 prawn/m2 and 1164.60prawn/m2 1131.04 respectively, while total and mean M. vollenhovenii density of 5,815.43prawn/m2 and 243.81 prawn/m2 231.45 were obtained in the downstream (pooled stations 4, Sand 6 data). T-test showed the entire upstream to have significantly higher M. vollenhovenii density than the entire downstream (p〈0.05). The entire upstream had higher M. macrobrachium total and monthly mean density (19,092prawn/m and 816.44prawn/m2 1,354.28) than the entire downstream (6,384.47prwn/m2 and 266.02m2524.94) (p〈0.05). Also, significantly higher total and monthly mean density of M felicinum were obtained upstream (20,9S6.S0prawn/m2 and 873.46prawn/m21615.06) than downstream (10,9668.11prawn/m2 and 461.16prawn/m2975.19) (p〈0.05). The significance of the decline in abundance of each of the three Macrobrachium prawn species in the downstream area was discussed.
Description:
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Keywords:
Biology
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Ecology
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Macrobrachium vollenhovenii
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Macrobrachium macrobrachion
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Macrobrachium felicinum
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Nigeria
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Ogun River
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freshwater environment
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Abundance
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Population density
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Shrimp fisheries
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Pollution
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Pollution effects
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Effluents
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AquaDocs
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conference_item
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application/pdf
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