Spatiotemporal Sediment Nutrient Dynamics of Kware Lake, Nigeria

Kware Lake provides life to various forms of aqua flora and fauna, livelihood for fishermen community and food for the local populace. The study was conducted to evaluate nutrient dynamics of the lake’s sediment for a period of 12 months (June 2014 to May 2015). Results reveal that some of the varia...

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Published inTraektorii͡a︡ nauki : mezhdunarodnyĭ ėlektronnyĭ nauchnyĭ zhurnal Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 3001 - 3006
Main Authors Magami, Ibrahim Muhammad, Sani , Ibrahim Muhammad
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Altezoro, s. r. o. Dialog 2019
Subjects
Biology
Energy and Environmental Studies
Kware
LСC Subject Category: QH1
seasons
sediment
spatiotemporal
stations
variables
Kware
seasons
variables
stations
spatiotemporal
sediment
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Summary:Kware Lake provides life to various forms of aqua flora and fauna, livelihood for fishermen community and food for the local populace. The study was conducted to evaluate nutrient dynamics of the lake’s sediment for a period of 12 months (June 2014 to May 2015). Results reveal that some of the variables studied did not show any variation due to space and time but electrical conductivity (EC), phosphate (PO43-), potassium, sodium and clay texture were able to vary according to months, seasons and stations. They recorded range of 101.3-113 µs/cm, 0.97-1.24 g/Kg, 0.29-0.37 g/kg, 0.62-0.77 g/kg, and 13-14 g/kg respectively. Results therefore suggest and confirmed that sediment has a high accumulation of phosphate, due to decomposition on the sediment bed and low nitrate level in sediment than in surface water.
ISSN:2413-9009
2413-9009
DOI:10.22178/pos.45-2