The environmental quality and sustainability in the Niger Delta region are severely undermined by the increasing practice of artisanal crude oil refining. This study aimed to assess the impact artisanal crude oil refining on soil nutrients stability vis-à-vis plant/vegetal resour...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2023/v22i4508
Environmental degradation has become one of the most significant threats for humanity. Insights on individual’s pro-environmental actions remain insufficiently investigated in India. The study aims to explore the effect of attitude, injunctive and descriptive norms, self-efficacy...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2023/v22i4507
Abiotic and biotic components are divided into two categories to describe the structural ecosystem. Aquatic plants and animals can find a suitable habitat in the river's water body. Planktons are an important component of the wetland ecology and may serve as a marker of altering...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2023/v22i4505
The study area is a metropolitan city with major markets and industries in the heart of Anambra State, Nigeria. A total of thirty (30) samples was collected over two seasons and were analysed for various physicochemical parameters. The result was used to evaluate the seasonal var...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2023/v22i4506
The Biodiversity Assessment of Seagrass Ecosystem in Orwer and Ambroben Waters, Biak Numfor Regency, Papua Province is very important for a baseline study of the ecosystem health of seagrass beds. The ecological function of seagrass ecosystems is to stabilize the seabed, provide...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2023/v22i4504
Groundwater is considered as the most important source of freshwater for human consumption and activities in the urban environment. The assessment of groundwater quality is critical to avoid the negative effects of polluted groundwater on human health, agriculture, and the econom...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2023/v22i4503
Mangroves are ecosystem along the shoreline of Nigerian coast and area of active oil exploration in Nigeria. This study is on the impact of pollution on herbivory and pneumatophore growth in black mangrove at Eagle Island. Leave herbivory, pneumatophore growth, THC and heavy meta...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2023/v22i3502
The water planning of the Musi River sub-basin, a tributary of the river Krishna faces challenges of urban floods, drainage disposal, and irrigation deficiencies which must be addressed with the escalation of the demography of Hyderabad city. The river is of length 240km and lie...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2023/v22i3500
This study evaluates the quality potential of groundwater in coastal areas of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Thirty boreholes were sampled, and analyzed for heavy metals and biological parameters using routine techniques of groundwater studies. The study revealed bacterial contaminati...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2023/v22i3501
Urban trees provide a wide range of environmental, economic and social benefits to those that live and work within and outside the community. Urban forest assessments are essential in supporting urban forest management and planning to improve environmental quality and human healt...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2023/v22i3499