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