2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
5/21/2019 | 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM | SEDIMENTS AND WATER QUALITY OF TWO OIL SPILL IMPACTED COMMUNITIES, FORECASTING FUTURE STATUS AND ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES IN THE NIGER DELTA WETLAND OF NIGERIA | 151 DEF
SEDIMENTS AND WATER QUALITY OF TWO OIL SPILL IMPACTED COMMUNITIES, FORECASTING FUTURE STATUS AND ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES IN THE NIGER DELTA WETLAND OF NIGERIA
The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is constantly subjected to pollution occasioned by oil exploration and exploitation. It was against this backdrop that the present study was designed with the aim of investigating the effects of aquatic pollution in Ugborodo and Abiteye wetlands of the Niger Delta using selected physico-chemical variables and macroinvertebrate response. Historical samples (1996-1997) were compared with more recent samples (2013-2014). Predictions were also made to evaluate the potential future scenario given current trajectory. The study showed that at Ugborodo & Abiteye, respectively majority of the environmental variables were significantly between the past and recent sampling regimes in the two wetlands. The future forecast, done with the exponential smoothing curve, indicated that over the next six years, most of the sampled parameters would increase significantly indicating a potential further deterioration if current trajectory of activities is sustained. Overall, urgent management attention is needed to reverse the projected situation
- Wetland
- Water Quality
- Sediment
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Jude Uku
(), Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, ukudt@yahoo.com;
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Francis Arimoro
(), Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, francisarimoro@gmail.com;
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Oghenekaro Nelson Odume
(), Rhodes University, South Africa, odume.nelson@gmail.com;
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