Bryophytes of Atewa Forest, Eastern Region, Ghana

Hodgetts, N. G.; Essilfie, MK; Adu-Gyamfi, Anthony; Akom, Emmanuel; Kumadoh, J.; Opoku, J.

doi:10.1080/03736687.2016.1145525

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“…[1] ascertains that, the Atewa Forest Reserve harbours a high diversity of rare and endemic species, particularly of birds, amphibians, butterflies, plants and mammals. [2] also supports that, the forest represents about 33.5% of the residual closed forest in Ghana's Eastern Region. A research conducted by [3] shows that, the majority of small-scale miners in Ghana operate informally, due to the barriers associated with obtaining land and a licence.…”

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Water Quality Appraisal in Selected Rivers at Atiwa Forest in the Eastern Region of Ghana

Baako

Adams

Awuah

et al. 2019

AJEE

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The high spate of illegal mining activities in the Atiwa forest in the Eastern Region of Ghana has caused lots of damage to water bodies and its surrounding environment including soil and air pollution. This anthropogenic activity has resulted in elevated amounts of heavy metals pollution of the affected water bodies and its adjacent environment. This calls for the needs for the investigation into the analysis of the total coliform, E. coli and heavy metals for drinking and irrigation water accessibility is highly recommended. These are dangerous bacterial and pollutants which have health implications. A total of 20 water samples were collected from the five (5) major rivers, namely Ayensu, Birim, Ewusu, Wankobiri and Suhyen in the Anum Apapam, Kyebi Apapam, Kwabeng, Asikam and Kobriso Atiwa forest which serve at irrigation and drinking purposes for these communities. The water samples were analyzed for pH, electrical conductivity (EC), dissolved solids (TDS), turbidity, colour, total calcium (Ca), magnesium (mg), total hardness (TH), sodium (Na), sodium (Na), Bicarbonate (HCO3-), Carbonate (CO32-), Sulphate (SO42-) and Chloride (Cl-). The results obtained were compared with permissible values of WHO and FAO Guidelines for drinking water and irrigation. The results obtained shows that the water samples from all the rivers; Ayensu, Birim, Ewusu, Wankobir and Suhyen are not suitable for drinking even though all the water quality parameters are within the range of acceptability except the colour and turbidity levels of the water samples which exceeded its acceptable limit thereby making the water unsafe for drinking. Also, all the water quality parameters for irrigation suitability are within the acceptable limit except HCO3- and CO32-.

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Water Quality Appraisal in Selected Rivers at Atiwa Forest in the Eastern Region of Ghana

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Awuah

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“…88 [27] Picea abies managed SW Sweden All? 56-72 [27] Boreal old-growth swamp Sweden All 195 [24] Sub-boreal spruce B C, Canada Ground, epiphyte 46, 1 [28] Populus tremuloides SW QC, Canada Epiphytes 41 [29] Forest patches central Norway All 285 [30] Evergreen laurel Madeira Island, Portugal Epiphytes 110 [31] Submontane rainforest Bolivia Epiphytes 80 [32] Quercus copeyensis, cloud forest Costa Rica Tree trunks 44 [33] Mountain rainforests Ecuador Epiphytes 65 [34] Neotropical lowland Guianas Epiphytes 154 [35] Upper montane oak Costa Rica All 206 [36] Cloud forest Monteverde, Costa Rica All 190 [37] European Terceira Island, Azores All 106 [38] Mediterranean Tuscany, Italy Ground, epiphytes 128 [39] Tropical rainforest Chiapas, Mexico Major habitats 136 [40] Atlantic Forest SE Brazil All (only liverworts) 238 [41] Swamp and upland evergreen Atewa Forest, Ghana Altitudinal gradient 164 [42] Old-growth forests tend to have more bryophyte species than do early successional stages [43]. In western Massachusetts, USA, for example, old-growth forests had nearly twice the number of epiphytic bryophyte species found in second-growth forests.…”

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Roles of Bryophytes in Forest Sustainability—Positive or Negative?

Glime

2024

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Bryophytes were traditionally ignored in most studies of forest ecosystem processes, or they were included with litter or soil. In the last few decades we have begun to understand their many roles that permit them to be ecosystem engineers. This review serves to pull together many scattered sources into a single source on the many contributions bryophytes can perform as ecosystem engineers and to support what several authors have already stressed: that bryophytes should not be treated as a single functional group. It puts bryophytes in perspective in terms of richness and biomass, then explores their roles as ecosystem engineers; that is, their roles in altering diversity, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestering, water retention, erosion depression, temperature modification, fire protection, fire and logging recovery, interactions with mycorrhizal fungi, effects on seed germination, and seedling survival. Interactions with other species are mentioned, but those regarding animals are largely omitted in favor of more detailed description of their relationships with trees throughout the world. Bryophytes provide both positive and negative interactions with forest trees, depending on the tree species, the ecosystem, and the bryophyte species. It is clear that different bryophytes have many different functional roles in sustaining the forest and making it suitable for germination, seedling success, and maintaining the mature forest. This review indicates those important roles and how they apply differently according to both tree and bryophyte species, and that different management practices are needed, depending on both bryophyte species and tree species, to sustain different forest types.

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Bryophytes of Kédougou (Eastern Senegal), with a key to the Fissidens of Senegal

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Bruggeman-Nannenga³

et al. 2018

Journal of Bryology

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Bryophytes of Atewa Forest, Eastern Region, Ghana

Cited by 10 publications

References 17 publications

Water Quality Appraisal in Selected Rivers at Atiwa Forest in the Eastern Region of Ghana

Water Quality Appraisal in Selected Rivers at Atiwa Forest in the Eastern Region of Ghana

Roles of Bryophytes in Forest Sustainability—Positive or Negative?

Bryophytes of Kédougou (Eastern Senegal), with a key to the Fissidens of Senegal

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