Identifying and classifying macroinvertebrate indicator signature traits and ecological preferences along urban pollution gradient in the Niger Delta

Edegbene, Augustine Ovie; Odume, Oghenekaro Nelson; Arimoro, Francis O.; Keke, Unique N.

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117076

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“…In addition to this, the present study showed that subclass and order levels are less sufficient of specific pollution but better for rapid evaluation of pollution at the global scale. These findings also agreed with those of other studies carried out in Africa (Dickens and Graham, 2002;Mereta et al, 2013;Elias et al, 2014;Kaboré et al, 2016;Dalu and Chauke, 2020;Ochieng et al, 2020;Tampo et al, 2020;Edegbene et al, 2021) in Asia (Blakely et al, 2014;Nguyen et al, 2014) and Europe (Poquet et al, 2009;Rodier et al, 2009;Costas et al, 2018) where these studies suggested the use of macroinvertebrates at the family level for the development of biomonitoring programs. The findings of the present study highlight the importance of using the family level for biomonitoring program in Togo and even elsewhere in Africa because of cost-effectiveness and the lack of systematic knowledge on macroinvertebrates.…”

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“…In tropical regions, particularly in Sub-Saharan countries, rivers are under pressure due to human activities that deteriorate water quality, limiting water availability for drinking and other uses (Traoré et al, 2016;Kaboré et al, 2018;Tampo, 2018;Chetty and Pillay, 2019;Agboola et al, 2020a). Furthermore, the river pollution problem, related to human disturbances through anthropogenic activities and urbanization (Azrina et al, 2006;Faridah et al, 2012;Edegbene et al, 2021), has many adverse impacts on river ecosystems that have required managers to increase water assessment efforts (Clifford and Tariro, 2005). Many African countries have concerns about the ecological status of their rivers and are increasing their investments on the restoration of degraded rivers (Smith et al, 2009;Fayiga et al, 2018;Wantzen et al, 2019).…”

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“…Among the river components, aquatic macroinvertebrates are the most sensitive to anthropogenic pressures (Nessimian et al, 2008;Mereta et al, 2012;Agboola et al, 2020a,b;Ko et al, 2020). Macroinvertebrate responses to the change in aquatic ecosystem condition is universally recognized, and their responses are used in indices to monitor freshwater ecosystem for integrity, aiding in decision making in management (Richter et al, 2003;Kaboré et al, 2016;Agboola et al, 2019;Tampo et al, 2020;Edegbene et al, 2021). Macroinvertebrates are commonly used in assemblages for biomonitoring because they integrate various desirable characteristics, such as ubiquity, different levels of tolerance to perturbations, and sampling cost-effectiveness (Mary, 1999;Dickens and Graham, 2002;Hering et al, 2006;Resh, 2008;Kenney et al, 2009;Li et al, 2012;Kaboré, 2016;Agboola et al, 2019;Ko et al, 2020).…”

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Benthic Macroinvertebrates as Ecological Indicators: Their Sensitivity to the Water Quality and Human Disturbances in a Tropical River

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Macroinvertebrate metrics are helpful tools for the assessment of water quality and overall aquatic ecosystem health. However, their degree of sensitivity and the most reliable metrics for the bioassessment program development are very poorly studied in Togo. This study aimed to test the sensitivity of metrics calculated at the family and genus levels. A total of 21 water quality parameters and macroinvertebrates' data were collected during three periods at 20 sampling sites within the Zio River. The canonical correspondence analysis (CCA), factor analysis (FA), and Spearman's correlation analysis were conducted on water quality parameters and macroinvertebrates' data. The results reveal that macroinvertebrate structure and composition were affected by water quality parameters related to human disturbances. In this study, three groups of macroinvertebrate communities were identified including sensitive taxa such as Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera, and Odonata (EPTO) taxa; the resistant or resilient taxa such as Oligochaeta, Hirudinea, Diptera, and Pulmonates (OHDP) taxa; and tolerant taxa such as Prosobranchia, Bivalvia, Lepidoptera, Heteroptera, and Coleoptera (PBLHC). All the 13 macroinvertebrate-based metrics were found to be sensitive in the detection of water quality and human disturbance gradients. However, metrics related to EPTO and the tolerance measure [multimetric index of the Zio River basin (MMIZB), Average Score per Taxon (ASPT), and Biological Monitoring Working Party (BMWP)] are the most robust in discrimination of pressure gradients. This study reveals that macroinvertebrates are sensitive and can be used for the bioassessment program development at the order, family, or genera taxonomic level.

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“…Also, recently, out of the 150 bcm of global gas flared in 2019, Nigeria flared 7.83bcm while the former contender Russia flared 23.21 bcm. This has placed Nigeria at the 7th position behind Algeria, Venezuela, Iran, the United States, Iraq and Russia in the increasing order of volume of gas flared in 2019. knowing that oil and gas exploitation of this riverine countryside has caused rapid depreciation of its environmental qualities especially by turning arable land and fishing waters unproductive as well as the atmosphere that has received up to 350 million tons of CO2 as at 2018 (Akinwumiju, et al, 2020;Ozigis, et al, 2019;Edegbene, et al, 2021;Motte, et al, 2021), then, the rising hope from the above achievements has to be sustained. In fact, there are signs of hope for further reductions in volume of gas flared as the billion cubic meters flared in the first quarter of 2020 has already fallen by 10% across the first 30 oil producing countries with Nigeria inclusive, (The World Bank, 2020b).…”

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Sustainable Environment: A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Effects of Gas flaring in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Uchegbulam¹,

Aliyuda²,

John³

2022

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The objective of this review is to provide an extensive assessment of the impacts of gas flaring from the ancient to modern life conditions at the Niger Delta as an area of global significance was reviewed from Millennium development goal (MDG) sustainable environmental perspective. These effects of flared gas took so long to persist due to its underdeveloped market, technological deficiency in its conversion into profitable byproducts and/or reinjection into geologic reservoirs until when needed. Findings show that these upstream emissions from flared gas have led to precipitation of acid rain and anthropogenic emissions like GHGs, VOCs, PM and over 250 toxins that have caused innumerable adverse effects on the Niger Delta communities and to the global community as climatic changes and global warming. Categorically, the environmental effects ranged between air, soil, water, heat, light and noise pollution as well as loss of biodiversity, vegetation and inflicted severe impacts on the health, and socioeconomic destitution of the Niger Delta residents including deterioration of the houses they live and shoreline threats as a coastal habitat. Despite the Nigerian government’s achievements in recovering the accrued carbon debt through liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects and other strategic measures as attested by international agencies, yet a detailed discussion on the constraints to effective anti-flare deadlines were also highlighted. Also, suggestions for substantial sustainability of the Niger Delta was made towards a climatic justice and zero-carbon footprint.

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“…Benthic macroinvertebrates are diverse and abundant and play an important role in ecosystem functions (Lin et al, 2020). Meanwhile, benthic macroinvertebrates are sensitive to environmental changes, which makes them useful as good indicators for disturbances and pollution (Edegbene et al, 2021).…”

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Distribution and Assemblage Variation of Benthic Macroinvertebrates: A Uniform Elevational Biodiversity Pattern Among Different Groups?

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Zhao

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Biodiversity patterns along the elevational gradient of vertebrates have been widely focused on in previous studies, but they are still insufficient on invertebrates in lakes to a wide elevational extent. Based on field samplings and literature, we compared biodiversity patterns among different taxonomic groups of benthic macroinvertebrates in 104 lakes of China and India along an elevational gradient of 2–5,010 m a.s.l. and revealed the key driving factors, and then, we discussed the key mechanisms underlying elevational biodiversity patterns. We found that elevational biodiversity patterns of different taxonomic groups were not uniform, e.g., an exponentially decreasing pattern of Bivalvia, a first horizontal and then decreasing pattern of Gastropoda, and a linear decreasing pattern of Oligochaeta and Insecta. Elevation and elevation-controlled variables (temperature and salinity) were the key driving factors to biodiversity patterns. Their effects were strongest on Bivalvia and less on Gastropoda, whereas they were relatively weak on Oligochaeta and Insecta. Finally, we discussed three important mechanisms that shaped elevational biodiversity patterns and assemblage variations of benthic macroinvertebrates by linking our results with the classic hypotheses about biodiversity patterns, including climate/productivity, environmental heterogeneity, and dispersal/history. These results could improve our understanding of biodiversity patterns and biodiversity conservation.

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Identifying and classifying macroinvertebrate indicator signature traits and ecological preferences along urban pollution gradient in the Niger Delta

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Benthic Macroinvertebrates as Ecological Indicators: Their Sensitivity to the Water Quality and Human Disturbances in a Tropical River

Benthic Macroinvertebrates as Ecological Indicators: Their Sensitivity to the Water Quality and Human Disturbances in a Tropical River

Sustainable Environment: A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Effects of Gas flaring in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Distribution and Assemblage Variation of Benthic Macroinvertebrates: A Uniform Elevational Biodiversity Pattern Among Different Groups?

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