Macrobenthic Fauna Of A Humid Tropical Water Reservoir, Abia State, Nigeria

Autor:	Bernard Obialo Mgbenka, Nicholas Mathias Inyang, Diana Akudo Avoaja
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Larva biology Benthos Phylum Ecology Macrobenthos Fauna Humid subtropical climate General Earth and Planetary Sciences Tropics biology.organism_classification Mollusca General Environmental Science
Zdroj:	Animal Research International; Vol 4, No 2 (2007); 677-679
ISSN:	1597-3115
Popis:	The macrobenthic fauna of a humid tropical zone water reservoir was investigated from January to December 2002. Benthos was obtained using an improvised Surber Stream Bottom Sampler. Three phyla of macrobenthos (Arthropoda, Mollusca and Annelida) prevail in the reservoir, with quantitative variations. A total of 1,279 macrobenthic animals were recorded. The Arthropoda was represented by larvae of five genera of insects, with a total of 644 (50.4 %), while Mollusca was represented by two genera with a total of 165 (12.9 %), and Annelida by three genera, with a total of 470 (36.7 %) of the benthos. There was significant difference (P
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