Human Dietary Intake of Metals through Fish Consumption in Bayelsa, Nigeria: Swali Market-River Nun, Case Study

Uche, Arinze; Sikoki, F.D.; Konya, R.S.; Babatunde, Bernard B.; Ifeh, Marcus O.

doi:10.9734/arrb/2017/31494

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“…Oceans cover almost three quarters of the Earth's surface and comprise nine-tenths of our water resources. Water bodies are home to over 97 percent of life on our planet and constitute an essential part of our biosphere [1]. Sadly, human activities in the last 5 decades have resulted in the pollution of the ocean and the marine environment, led to over exploitation of living resources, alteration and destruction of marine habitats and influx of solid wastes such as plastics [2].…”

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Suspended Marine Litter in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria: A Case Study of Cross River, QUA Iboe River and Jaja Creek

Babatunde¹,

Uche

2018

JGEESI

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A study of Ten coastal communities along the Cross River, Qua Iboe River and Jaja Creek (all in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria) was conducted to: Identify and Geo-reference affected navigable channels in Akwa Ibom State; create a map of affected navigable channels in the state; qualitatively and quantitatively characterize floating marine debris in affected channels; Delineate the affected channels; and create awareness among coastal communities on marine litter dangers. The data for average depth revealed that the water body in Essene had the highest depth (13m) while Ufak had the least (3m); average width was highest (850m) at Akpam Nfrugam and Enitan while the least width (250m) was recorded in Ikot Ibritan; and the average flow velocity was highest (1.1 m/s) at Akpam Nfrugam and Essene, least (0.4 m/s) at Edik Ipa and Akuakpa Urang. The result of the characterization of the suspended debris showed that the debris comprised of plastic, nylon, can, foil and "others". "Others" was made up of mainly nypa palm and unidentified objects. Nylon

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