This study was carried out to evaluate the length-weight relationship, growth pattern and condition factor of the Silver catfish Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus from the Lower River Benue Makurdi, Nigeria. A total of 200 freshly caught specimens of C. nigrodigitatus were collected be...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i2301
This study was carried out to evaluate the length-weight relationship and condition factor of the Blackspot Catfish Auchenoglanis biscutatus from the Lower River Benue Makurdi, Nigeria. A total of 200 freshly caught specimens of A. biscutatus were collected from the catches of th...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i2295
Seaweeds or marine macro-algae form the base for the marine ecosystems and considered as direct or indirect source of food for people across the world. Today, algae have made their way to almost all the areas of human life like food, feed, fuel, medicines etc. Marine algae provid...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i2288
The toxicity of tobacco (Nicotiana tobaccum) leaf dust with piscicidal and pesticidal properties was investigated on some enzymatic and protein synthesis activities of juvenile African mud catfish (Clarias gariepinus). Fish were exposed to both lethal and sub-lethal concentration...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i2282
This experiment was designed with three experimental treatments namely T1 (natural feed), T2 (feeding with 10% body weight) and T3 (feeding with 5% body weight) for ten weeks. In the content of 33.8% of crude protein (CP), 11.2% of crude fiber (CF), 6% of fat and 10.2% of ash con...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i2266
In Bivalves, shell shape descriptors (in particular, elongation E, dissymmetry D, ventral convexity K) are considered functionally-relevant parameters, each of them likely being exposed to specific selective pressures, according to environmental conditions. Indeed, previous inves...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i1262
The study was conducted to investigate the mixture of Alangium salvifolium extracts with distinguished organic solvents which were generally used to screen for antibacterial activity against Macrococcus brunensis, Bordetella hinzii, Morganella morganii, Salmonella bongori, Klebsi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i1259
This was the first study in Yemen, and Gulf of Aden aims to investigate the marine organisms in ballast water and sediments, and gives baseline information defines the zooplankton, phytoplankton and invertebrates, associated fuel tankers. Samples from Ballast water were taken fro...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i1254
The study evaluated the fish community assemblage in the sections of the Subri river, the Ankobra river, and the “galamsey” pond within the Prestea community as impacted by alluvial mining activities. Gill nets of length 10 m and mesh size 1.27 cm were used to trap fish of averag...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i1249
This study was conducted in the year 2016 to determine the heavy metal concentrations in whole fish (Clarias gariepinus) samples and water obtained from some selected Dams (Ajiwa, Zobe and Dannakola) in Katsina state Nigeria. The objectives were mainly to detect the presence of h...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i1241