Water quality determination has become essential in characterising the nature of water used by humans for various purposes. This study was therefore carried out to assess the nitrate to phosphate ratio and other physical and chemical parameters influencing the quality of water us...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v15i130217
Aims: To determine the effects of salt harvesting on ground water quality in Gongoni ward, Kilifi County. Study Design: The study design was purposive where sampling points were deliberately chosen. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in Gongoni ward and its en...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v14i430216
Pharmaceutical industries in Bangladesh are considered as one major industrial as well as environmental pollution problems which discharge a significant amount of organic contaminants in the environment hence require advanced treatment technologies to decontaminate pharmaceutical...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v14i430215
Eco-parks are generally set up worldwide for serving both recreational and conservation purposes of local biodiversity through limited maintenance. Gopegarh Eco Park was set by the Forest Department, Government of West Bengal in highlands bank of Kangsabati Kansai) river with a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v14i430213
Increasing species-richness at the local scale (within species communities) is accommodated, first, by the diversification of the niches respectively associated to species. Yet, in case of excessive supply in colonizing species issued from the regional pool, the corresponding inc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v14i430214
The domestication of animals was part of a major transformation in the way of life of an increasing number of human societies with deep social and spiritual changes. In the present study, we report about utility of Nilgai and the values of its products and how it can add variety...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v14i430211
Aims: Assessment of human and environmental health implications of pesticide use by farmers in the western highlands of Cameroon, the case of Fotouni. Study design: Descriptive Cross-Sectional Place and Duration of Study: This work was done between November 2016 and March 2017 i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v14i330210
The lack of clean water sources due to pollution and industrialisation is a major problem in many countries including Nigeria. To overcome this challenge, various methods have been adopted including phytoremediation treatment. This study evaluates dried duckweed an aquatic plant...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v14i330209
Florent Biduaya Mukeba, Myriam Mukadi Ngondo, Nazaire Kabemba Kadima, Prince Bofati Ilonga, Patrick Kayembe Bibasuya, Patience Mpia Ngelinkoto, Paulin Kapepula Mutwale, Koto-Te-Nyiwa Ngbolua, Kalima Nkoma Mwange, Johnny Bopopi Mukoko, Nadège Kabamba Ngombe, Pius T. Mpiana & Théophile Mbemba Fundu·Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology·2021
Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the texture, mineral element and heavy metal content of the soil under the litter of different selected species in relation to the plan of their pedogenesis. Methods: The granulometric analysis of the various samples based on laser diffra...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v14i330208
The aim of this study was to assess the impact of sawmill wastes from selected sawmills in Port Harcourt on the environment. The physicochemical and microbiological features of the air at the sawmill sites were determined using air quality analyzer and settling plate technique re...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v14i330207
The application of decentralized wastewater treatment system, also known as septic system is very common in suburban and rural areas with no access to centralized sewage treatment plants. Minimizing water pollution and the effects on wildlife and humans is of specific concern in...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v14i330206
Hydrochemical characterization of groundwater quality in Nkalagu District, southeastern Nigeria was carried to determine the main factors controlling the chemistry of groundwater and its suitability for drinking and irrigation purposes. Sixty (60) groundwater samples collected fr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v14i230202
J. M. Hilili, D. I. Onuora, H. O. Yusuf, R. U. Hilili, O. B. Ojiego, F. R. Raji, F. Dantanko, C. L. Eke & M. H. Hilili·Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology·2021
Engineering structures are constantly subject to damage caused by biological activities such as the action of insects, penetration of roots and fluids. Because of this, we conducted a critical study on how these activities contribute to the collapse of these structures in Nigeria...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v14i230203
Bernadette Noumssi, Nguetsop Victor François, Fonkou Théophile, Kom Meliphe Francis, Ghogue Jean Paul & Tchoumboue Joseph·Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology·2021
Diatoms are mostly aquatic plants, growing in various environmental conditions and habitat. Because of their high sensitivity to environmental variations and rapid response to degradation, they are used as biological indicators. This study aimed to analyses the physicochemical pa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v14i230201
This study evaluated air pollution tolerance plants as well as anticipated performance indices of some medicinal plants growing in the Lokpaukwu rock quarrying area in order ascertain their suitability for green belt development. Two quarry locations A which is older and has a hi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v14i230200