Blessing Odafe Omovoh
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Blessing Odafe Omovoh has a total of 7 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
Adesola Victoria Anyanwale
Department of Animal Biology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria
1 shared publication- Augustine Ovie Edegbene
Department of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo 972261, Nigeria
1 shared publication Evans Chidi Egwim
Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria
1 shared publicationFrancis Ofurum Arimoro
Department of Animal Biology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria
1 shared publication- Frank Chukwuzuoke Akamagwuna
Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa
1 shared publication - Gift Ochonogor Omovoh
Department of Environmental Assessment, Federal Ministry of Environment, Environment House, Independence Way South, Central Business District, Abuja 900211, Nigeria
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 1 January 2022
- Published by Bouti Publishing
- Vol. 2022
Macroinvertebrates of Wupa River, Abuja, Nigeria: Do environmental variables pattern their assemblages?
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 Wupa River, Abuja, Nigeria. The stations were selected to represent an increasing pollution gradient from Station 1 < Station 2 < Station 3. Our result showed that Station 1 had the lowest mean values of physico-chemical variables, except conductivity and DO. Except for temperature (26.83±0.33oC), BOD (13.05±0.77 mg/l) and pH (6.91- 7.80) that were highest in Station 2, all other physico-chemical variables had their highest mean values in Station 3. The principal component analysis revealed that axis 1, with a variance of 64.41%, explained more variation in terms of physico-chemical variables than axis 2. Temperature and pH were positively correlated with Station 2, while turbidity and phosphate were strongly positively correlated with Station 3. A total of 49 macroinvertebrate taxa and 5,814 individuals were recorded during the study period. Station 1 (3.038) had the highest macroinvertebrate individuals, followed by Station 2 (1.794). Bulinus globusus with 759 individuals was the most predominant taxon in the area. The canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) showed that axis 1 explained 86.98% of the ordination variance while axis 2 explained 13.02%. The two axes showed no significant correlation between macroinvertebrate taxa and physico-chemical variables. The CCA triplot showed that Melanoides moerchi, Culex sp., and Oligoneux sp. are surrogates for biomonitoring the Wupa River. We recommend further studies to be conducted along the entire stretch of the river to confirm our present results.
- 1 January 2022
- Published by Bouti Publishing
- Vol. 2022
Open AccessMacroinvertebrates of Wupa River, Abuja, Nigeria: Do environmental variables pattern their assemblages?
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 Wupa River, Abuja, Nigeria. The stations were selected to represent an increasing pollution gradient from Station 1 < Station 2 < Station 3. Our result showed that Station 1 had the lowest mean values of physico-chemical variables, except conductivity and DO. Except for temperature (26.83±0.33oC), BOD (13.05±0.77 mg/l) and pH (6.91- 7.80) that were highest in Station 2, all other physico-chemical variables had their highest mean values in Station 3. The principal component analysis revealed that axis 1, with a variance of 64.41%, explained more variation in terms of physico-chemical variables than axis 2. Temperature and pH were positively correlated with Station 2, while turbidity and phosphate were strongly positively correlated with Station 3. A total of 49 macroinvertebrate taxa and 5,814 individuals were recorded during the study period. Station 1 (3.038) had the highest macroinvertebrate individuals, followed by Station 2 (1.794). Bulinus globusus with 759 individuals was the most predominant taxon in the area. The canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) showed that axis 1 explained 86.98% of the ordination variance while axis 2 explained 13.02%. The two axes showed no significant correlation between macroinvertebrate taxa and physico-chemical variables. The CCA triplot showed that Melanoides moerchi, Culex sp., and Oligoneux sp. are surrogates for biomonitoring the Wupa River. We recommend further studies to be conducted along the entire stretch of the river to confirm our present results.