The water quality of some tropical freshwater bodies in Uyo (Nigeria) receiving municipal effluents, slaughter-house washings and agricultural land drainage

Environmentalist

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-55

  Akpan, Anthony W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

effluents; land use; tropical streams; water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EFFLUENT; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; AKWA IBOM; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UYO; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 8544240892     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ENVR.0000046346.93401.5c     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Adebisi, A.A.: 1981, 'The Physico-Chemical Hydrology of a Tropical Seasonal River-Upper Ogun River,' Hydrobiologia 79, 157-165.
2. Akpan, A.W.: 1994, 'Totoal Hydrocarbon, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon and Other Organic Pollutants in the Coastal Soils, Sediments and Water in Qua Iboe River Estuary,' Paper presented at the 21st Annual Conference of Soil Science Society of Nigeria at University of Uyo, 30 January-4 February 1994, 12 pp.
3. Akpan, A.W.: 1995, 'Limnology and Net Plankton Periodicity of a Tropical Freshwater Pond in Uyo (Nigeria),' Tropical Freshwater Biology 4, 65-81.
4. Anadu, D.I., Obioha, A. and Ejike, C.: 1990, 'Water Quality and Plankton Periodicity in Two Contrasting Mine Lakes in Jos, Nigeria,' Hydrobiologia 208, 17-25.
5. APHA, AWWA, WPCP: 1980, Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Waste Water, 15th edn., American Public Health Association, Washington DC, USA, 1193 pp.
6. Cole, B.A. and Boyd, C.E.: 1986, 'Feeding Rate, Water Quality and Channel Catfish Production in Ponds,' Progressive Fish Culturist 48, 25-29.
7. Department of the Environment: 1986, River Quality Survey, England and Wales, HMSO, London, pp. 1-10.
8. Karlman, S.G.: 1982, 'The Annual Flood Regime as a Regulatory Mechanism for Phytoplankton Production in Kainji Lake, Nigeria,' Hydrobiologia 86, 93-97.
9. King, R.P. and Nkanta, N.A.: 1991, 'The Status and Seasonality in the Physico-Chemical Hydrology of a Nigerian Rainforest Pond,' Jap. J. Limnol. 52, 1-12.
10. King, R.P.: 1998, 'Physico-Chemical Indices of the Fisheries Potential of a Nigerian Rainforest Pond,' Journal of Aquatic Sciences 13, 49-54.
11. Mackereth, F.J.H., Heron, J. and Talling, J.F.: 1989, 'Water Analysis: Some Revised Methods for Limnologists,' Freshwater Biological Association Publication, No. 36, 120 pp.
12. Malins, D.C.: 1989, 'The Use of Environmental Assays for Impact Assessment,' Hydrobiologia 188/189, 87-91.
13. Marchaim, U. and Klinger, I.: 1987, 'Biological Aspects of Waste Control in Slaughter-Houses,' in V.C. Nielson, J.H. Voorburg and P.L. Hermite (eds.), Volatile Emissions from Livestock Farming and Sewage Operations, Elsevier Applied Science, London, pp. 217-222.
14. Ogban, P. and Ekerete, I.O.: 2000, 'Characteristics of Soils Associated with Erosion Sites in South Eastern Nigeria and Proposals Concerning Their Management and Conservation,' Environmental Analar 6, 472-491.
15. Olusanya, A.O.: 1988, 'The Studies of the Physico-Chemical Factors and Diatom Flora of Opa Reservoir, Ile-Ife, Nigeria,' Thesis, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, pp. 21-40.
16. Sangodoyin, A.Y. and Sanyaolu, O.S.: 1995, 'Land Use Pattern Correlated with Fresh Water Pollution in a Developing Environment,' Environmental Education and Information 14(2), 163-170.
17. Seager, J. and Maltby, L.: 1989, 'Assessing the Impact of Episodic Pollution,' Hydrobiologia 188/189, 633-640.
18. Tahal Consultants: 1982, Qua Iboe River Basin Pre-Feasibility Study, Vol. 1, Main Report, Cross River Basin Development Authority, Calabar, Nigeria, 216 pp.
19. Ukpong, I.E. and Moses, J.O.: 2001, 'Nutrient Requirements for the Growth of Waterleaf (Talinum traingulare) in Uyo Metropolis, Nigeria,' The Environmentalist 21, 153-159.
20. Wetzel, R.G.: 1983, Limnology, 2nd edn., W.B. Saunders Coy, Philadelphia, USA, 858 pp.