Physico-chemical and macrobenthic faunal characteristics of Kuramo Water, Lagos, southern Nigeria

African Journal of Aquatic Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-241

  Edokpayi, C A ^a   Lawal, M O ^a   Okwok, N A ^a   Ogunwenmo, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Enclosed lagoon; Habitat modification; Kuramo Water; Macrobenthos; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; NAIDIDAE;

EID: 14844311218     PISSN: 16085914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085910409503815     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. AJAO EA (1996) Review of the state of pollution of the Lagos lagoon. Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR), Technical paper No. 106, 20pp.
2. AJAO EA and FAGADE SO (1990a) The ecology of Neritina glagrata in Lagos lagoon, Nigeria. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 119: 339-350.
3. AJAO EA and FAGADE SO (1990b) The distribution and abundance of Pachymelania aurita in Lagos lagoon, Nigeria. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 119: 475-488.
4. AJAO EA and FAGADE SO (1990c) The ecology of Capitella capitata in Lagos lagoon, Nigeria. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 120: 229-239.
5. AKPATA TVI and EKUNDAYO JA (1978) Faecal pollution of the Lagos lagoon. Nigerian Journal of Science 12(1 & 2): 39-49.
6. th edn. Washington DC, American Public Health Association, 1 268pp.
7. AWACHIE JBE (1981) Running water ecology in Africa. In: Lock MA and Williams DD (eds) Perspectives in Running Water Ecology. Plenum Press, New York and London, pp 339-366.
8. BATTEGAZZORE M, PETERSEN JR RC, MORETTI G and ROSSARO B (1992) An evaluation of the environmental quality of the River Po using macroinvertebrates. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 125: 175-206.
9. BISHOP JE (1973) Limnology of a small Malayan river, Sungai, Grambak. W Junk, The Hague, 485pp.
10. BROWN CA (1998) Distribution and population dynamics of an estuarine population of Aloidis trigona Hinds (Bivalvia). Acta Hydrobiologie 40(4): 227-237.
11. BROWN CA and OYENEKAN JA (1998) Temporal variability in the structure of benthic macrofauna communities of the Lagos lagoon and harbour, Nigeria. Polish Archiv für Hydrobiologie 45(1): 45-54.
12. BUNN SE and DAVIES PM (1992) Community structure of macroinvertebrate fauna and water quality of a saline river system in south-western Australia. Hydrobiologia 248: 143-160.
13. CARMAGO JA (1992) Macroinvertebrate responses along the recovery gradient of a regulated river (Spain) receiving an industrial effluent. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 23: 324-332.
14. CROTHERS J (1997) A key to the major groups of British marine invertebrates. Field Studies 9(1): 1-177.
15. EDOKPAYI CA AND OSIMEN CA (2001) Hydrobiological studies on Ibiekuma River at Ekpoma, southern Nigeria, after impoundment: the faunal characteristics. African Journal of Science and Technology 2(1): 72-81.
16. FAGADE SO and OLANIYAN CIO (1974) Seasonal distribution of the fish fauna of the Lagos lagoon. Bulletin De IFAN, Series A 36(1): 244-252.
17. HILL MB and WEBB JE (1958) The ecology of Lagos Lagoon, II: the topography and physical features of Lagos harbour and Lagos Lagoon. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, No. 683, Vol. 241: 307-419.
18. nd edn. Harper International, New York, United States of America.
19. KUSEMIJU K and OLANIYAN CIO (1989) The length-weight relationship, condition factor and feeding habits of the catfish Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepede) in the Lagos lagoon, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Natural Sciences 4: 144-149.
20. LEARNER MA, LOCHHEAD G and HUGHES BD (1978) A review of the biology of British Naididae (Oligochaeta) with emphasis on the lotic environment. Freshwater Biology 8: 357-375.
21. LENAT DR, PENROSE DL and EAGLESON KW (1981) Variable effects of sediment addition on stream benthos. Hydrobiologia 79: 187-194.
22. nd edn. Longman Scientific and Technical, Essex, United Kingdom, 351pp.
23. th edn. Chapman & Hall, London, United Kingdom, 308pp.
24. NWANKWO DI (1986) The phytoplankton of a sewage disposal site in Lagos lagoon, 1: the algae. Nigerian Journal of Biological Sciences 1(2): 89-96.
25. NWANKWO DI (1988) A preliminary checklist of planktonic algae in Lagos lagoon, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences 2: 73-85.
26. NWANKWO DI (1993) Cyanobacteria bloom species in coastal waters of south-western Nigeria. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 4: 533-542.
27. NWANKWO DI (1996) Notes on the effects of human-induced stressors in parts of the Niger Delta, Nigeria. Polish Ecological Studies 22 (1-2): 71-78.
28. NWANKWO DI and AKINSOJI A (1992) Epiphyte community on water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes (MART.) SOLMS in coastal waters of south-western Nigeria. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 124(4): 501-511.
29. rd edn. WB Sanders, London, United Kingdom, 546pp.
30. OGBEIBU AE and VICTOR R (1989) The effect of road and bridge construction on the bank-root macrobenthic invertebrates of a southern Nigerian stream. Environmental Pollution 56: 85-100.
31. OGBEIBU AE (2001) Distribution, density and diversity of dipterans in a temporary pond in Okomu forest reserve, southern Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Aquatic Sciences 16: 43-52.
32. OGBEIBU AE and ORIBHABOR BJ (2002) Ecological impact of river impoundment using benthic macro-invertebrates as indicators. Water Research 36: 2427-2436.
33. OYENEKAN JA (1988) Benthic macrofaunal communities of Lagos lagoon, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Science 21: 45-50.
34. RICHARDS C, HOST GE and ARTHUR JW (1993) Identification of predominant environmental factors structuring stream macroinvertebrate communities within a large agricultural catchment. Freshwater Biology 29: 285-294.
35. SLACK KV, NAUMAN JW AND TILLEY LJ (1979) Benthic invertebrates in a north-flowing stream and a south-flowing stream, Brooks Range, Alaska. Water Research Bulletin 15: 108-135.
36. SOLARIN BB (1998) The Hydrobiology, Fishes and Fisheries of the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria. PhD Thesis, University of Lagos, Nigeria, 235pp.
37. VICTOR R and AL-MAHROUQI AIS (1996) Physical, chemical and faunal characteristics of a perennial stream in arid northern Oman. Journal of Arid Environments 34: 465-476.
38. VICTOR R and DICKSON T (1985) Macrobenthic invertebrates of a perturbed stream in southern Nigeria. Environmental Pollution, Series A 38: 99-107.
39. VICTOR R AND OGBEIBU AE (1985) Macrobenthic invertebrates of a stream flowing through farmlands in southern Nigeria. Enviromental Pollution, Series A 39: 337-349.
40. VICTOR R and OGBEIBU AE (1991) Macroinvertebrate communities in the erosional biotope of an urban stream in Nigeria. Tropical Zoology 4: 1-12.
41. VICTOR R and ONOMIVBORI O (1996) The effects of urban perturbations on the benthic macroinvertebrates of a southern Nigerian stream. In: Schiemer F and Biland KT (eds) Perspectives in Tropical Limnology. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam, pp. 223-238.
42. YOLOYE VL (1976) The ecology of the West African bloody cockle Anadara senilis L. Bulletin Institute Afrique Noire 38(1): 25-56.
43. YOLOYE VL (1977) The biology of Iphigenia truncata (Monterosato). Molluscan Studies (London) 16: 295-301.
44. YOLOYE VL and ADEGOKE S (1977) A new species of Neritina (Archaeogastropoda, Neritidae) from the Lagos lagoon. Malacologia 16(1): 303-309.
45. nd edn. Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, United States of America, 718pp.