Water Quality in Relation to Phytoplankton Abundance and Diversity of Selected Reservoirs in Kazaure, Jigawa State, Nigeria

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@article{1723766,
      author = {Muhammad Kabiru Abubakar, Rashidat Saliu, Khadija Mohd Ali, John Osung Ekpo, Abdulwasiu Abubakar; Adekanmbi Olufemi S.},
      title = {Water Quality in Relation to Phytoplankton Abundance and Diversity of Selected Reservoirs in Kazaure, Jigawa State, Nigeria},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2026},
      volume = {10},
      number = {4},
      pages = {957-967},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1723766.pdf},
      abstract = {This study investigates the composition of phytoplankton species as bio-indicators of water quality in Wawan Rafi Reservoir and Kazaure, Jigawa State, Nigeria. A total of 962 and 1262 organisms/litre were recorded for Kazaure Reservoir and Wawan Rafi Reservoir respectively. The composition of forty (40) and thirty nine (39) phytoplankton genera distributed into 5 and 4 classes were also tabulated for Kazaure Reservoir and Wawan Rafi Reservoir respectively, with Bacillariophyta accounting for a greater abundance and Euglenophyta and Pyrrophyta having the least abundant species. The population distribution presented in percentages indicated the occurrence of Phytoplankton taxa in order of Chlorophyta>Bacillariophyta>Cyanophyta>Euglenophyta.  Following Palmer (1980) organic pollution, 10 pollution tolerant genera comprising of Nitzchia sp., Synedra sp., Navicula sp., Scenedesmus sp., Ankistrodesmus sp., Oscillatoria sp., Melosira sp., Chlorella sp., Pandorina sp. and Phacus sp were identified for both Reservoir. The collective Pollution Index (PI) value of 35 and 39 were calculated for both reservoir. According to Palmer (1980), a pollution index greater than or equal to 20 indicates high organic pollution. Therefore, the pollution index value of 35 and 39 of both Reservoirs indicates enriched water with high organic pollution. Although, eutrophication was not observed in the reservoir, however, the results shows a transiting move from oligotrophic state to eutrophic state of both reservoir.},
      keywords = {Wawan Rafi, phytoplankton, Spatial and clean water},
      month = {October},
  }