ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS IN LAKE ALAU OF BORNO, NORTH-EAST, NIGERIA

Abubakar, Usman; Modu, B. M; Yakubu, Umar Paiko

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Title:	ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS IN LAKE ALAU OF BORNO, NORTH-EAST, NIGERIA
Authors:	Abubakar, Usman Modu, B. M Yakubu, Umar Paiko
Issue Date:	29-Oct-2009
Publisher:	Fisheries Society of Nigeria
Citation:	Usman, A., Modu, B. M. and Yakubu, U.P.. (2009) ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS IN LAKE ALAU OF BORNO, NORTH-EAST, NIGERIA, In proceedings of the 24th Annual conference of Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON), 26th-29th October, 2009. Federal University of Technology, Akure pp149-152 Edited by Prof. O.A. Fagbeuro, Dr O.A. Bello-Olusoji and Dr (Mrs) E.O. Adeparusi.
Abstract:	The physico-chemical parameters of Lake Alau were monitored for four months to assess the water quality. Parameters such as temperature, transparency, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, Ca, P, etc. were studied in five stations (A, B, C, D and E). Water samples went collected monthly from 8: 00 to 12:00noon, for four months (July - October 2008, wet season) and analysed. The physico-chemical parameters were within the ranges of unpolluted water bodies. Variation occurs in almost all the months of the study. Significant difference (P<0.05) occurred in pH, transparency and Ca among the stations, and insignificant difference (P<0.05) in temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, Mg and P. These variations may be due to effects of fertilizer application, herbicides and insecticides in irrigated farms around the Lake.
URI:	http://repository.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/13349
ISSN:	2141-0682
Appears in Collections:	Water Resources, Aquaculture & Fisheries Technology

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