44517

Dynamics of Crustacean Larvae Composition and Abundance in Mesohaline Creeks of Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria

Article

Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

  The physicochemical flux, composition and abundance of crustacean larvae in two mesohaline creeks of Lagos Lagoon were investigated. The status of the Physico-chemical parameters indicates a non-significant difference between variables except Alkalinity with Abule-Eledu Creek having significantly higher mean value (144.4±2.2 mg/L) than Abule-Agege Creek (121.9±4.9 mg/L). The transparency values of the creeks increased with a reduction in the amount of rainfall while the water temperature as well as salinity values increased appreciably with the dry season. An increase in conductivity (>190.40 μS/cm) and salinity (>10.50‰) in the dry months for both creeks was also observed. The crustacean larvae were represented by five orders with Calanoida and Cyclopoida (Sub-Class: Copepoda) were the most frequent and notable orders occurring in Abule-Eledu and Abule-Agege creeks respectively. Other crustacean categories such as Mysida, Calanoida and Harpaticoida were also recorded. Total species diversity was14 in Abule-Eledu creek and 17 in Abule-Agege Creek. Shannon-Wiener Index values ranged between 0.90 and 0.96 for Abule-Eledu Creek and between 0.97 and 1.09 for Abule-Agege Creek. With the exception of Menhinick Index and Equitability Index, all other biotic indices were higher in Abule-Agege Creek than Abule-Eledu creek. This study therefore suggests that Calanoida and Cyclopoida which are orders of the subclass Copepoda are the dominant crustacean zooplankton group in the creeks of the Lagos Lagoon

DOI

10.21608/eajbsz.2019.44517

Keywords

Crustacean, Water chemistry, Larvae, Abule-Agege Creek, Abule-Eledu Creek

Authors

First Name

Olatunji

Last Name

Moruf

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Marine Sciences, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State- Nigeria

Email

tunjimoruf@gmail.com

City

Kano

Orcid

-

First Name

oruf

Last Name

O.

MiddleName

R.

Affiliation

Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Bayero University, Kano, Kano State- Nigeria

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Amosu

Last Name

I.

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Marine Sciences, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State- Nigeria

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

S.

Last Name

Sadiq

MiddleName

O.

Affiliation

Department of Marine Sciences, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State- Nigeria

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

11

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

5330

Issue Date

2019-05-01

Receive Date

2019-05-27

Publish Date

2019-05-01

Page Start

99

Page End

110

Print ISSN

2090-0759

Online ISSN

2090-0821

Link

https://eajbsz.journals.ekb.eg/article_44517.html

Detail API

https://eajbsz.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=44517

Order

7

Type

Original Article

Type Code

672

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, B. Zoology

Publication Link

https://eajbsz.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Dynamics of Crustacean Larvae Composition and Abundance in Mesohaline Creeks of Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023