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Environmental Sciences and Ecology: Current Research
[ ISSN : 2833-0811 ]


Wet-Season Variation in Some Water Quality Parameters of Buguma Brackish Fish Farm, Rivers State, Nigeria

Research Article
Volume 3 - Issue 4 | Article DOI : 10.54026/ESECR/1062


Nk Owhonda*

Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research, African Regional Aquaculture Centre, Nigeria

Corresponding Authors

Owhonda NK, Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research, African Regional Aquaculture Centre, Aluu, P.M.B 5122, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Keywords

Water Quality Parameters; Wet-Season; Ammonia; Nitrite; Nitrate; Alkalinity; Co2; Salinity; Dissolved Oxygen; Temperature; Physicochemical Parameters

Received : May 31, 2022
Published : June 07, 2022

Abstract

Water Quality parameters such as pH; ammonia; nitrite; nitrate; alkalinity; CO2 ; salinity; Dissolved Oxygen (D.O) and temperature were monitored bimonthly from April to October in 2021; which is the wet season of the region. The results showed that pH was 6.5-7; ammonia 0.0-1.5ppm; nitrite 0.05; nitrate 0.05-0.25ppm; alkalinity 36-85ppm; CO2 5-15ppm; salinity 7-20ppt; D.O 3.3-5.6ppm and temperature 26-30o C.