Open AccessPhysicochemical Profiles and Water Quality Indices of Surface Waters Collected from Falcorp Mangrove Swamp, Delta State, Nigeria
Author(s) -
O. M. Odigie,
John Ovie Olomukoro
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of applied science and environmental management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2659-1499
pISSN - 2659-1502
DOI - 10.4314/jasem.v24i2.23
Subject(s) - turbidity , salinity , water quality , mangrove , nitrate , surface water , swamp , hydrology (agriculture) , total dissolved solids , environmental science , zoology , chloride , chemistry , environmental chemistry , environmental engineering , ecology , geology , biology , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry
Surface water samples were collected at a frequency of once monthly for a period of 18 months; February 2013- July 2014, from several points on the Falcorp mangrove swamp, Ijala, Warri, Delta State. The abstracted samples were subjected to several physical and chemical analyses which were conducted in accordance with referenced procedures. The recorded data were subjected to statistical analysis and multivariate analysis using Microsoft excel, SPSS version 16.0 and PAST respectively. There was no significant difference (P>0.05) across the stations; Stations 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively for pH, Temperature, Electrical conductivity, DO, BOD5, TSS, Turbidity, Chloride, Salinity, Sulphate, Nitrate, Hardness, Ca, Ma, Zn, Cd and Pb. There were significant difference (P 1 (PC7-PC22). There was a positive correlation between pH, water temperature, TDS, EC, TSS, turbidity, Cl, HCO3, salinity, SO4, hardness, Ca, Mg, and Cd whilst a negative relationship existed between DO, BOD5, PO4, NO3, Fe, Zn, Cu and Pb respectively.
Keywords: Physicochemical, surface water, Falcorp, Mangrove swamp