The present study examined the fishers’ knowledge and a ten-year (2009 -2018) trend analysis of prices and catches on Pseudotolithus typus, Lutjanus goreensis and Sphyraena afra from Lagos coastal waters. While data for local ecological knowledge (LEK) were obtained with the aid...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2022/v19i130339
This study assessed the water availability in Ilorin for increased fisheries production. The study used rainfall secondary data for the period of 20 years obtained from NIMET Office, Ilorin. Evapotranspiration data for the area was empirically generated while water balance model...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2022/v19i130338
The valuation practice utilised in valuing natural resources in the Niger Delta has shown signs of the paucity of professional knowledge, thus necessitating an appraisal of the state of knowledge possessed by valuers practicing in the Niger Delta. This paper assesses the state of...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2022/v19i130336
Aims: Urban centers of developing countries are growing at very rapid rates. This has been accompanied by increased use of resources and enormous waste generation. The generated waste is dumped in the outskirts of the urban where they can have negative impacts on the environment...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2022/v19i130335
Aquatic ecosystem has vast resources and ecological functions, however the economic worth of its services are often ignored. This study appraised the value of ecological services offered by some aquatic ecosystem (Gbaji, Agboju, Topo and Ajegunle) in Badagry Division, Lagos, Nige...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2022/v18i430332
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) plays significant role in atmospheric chemistry mainly in secondary air pollutants formation which consequently result in environmental acidification. It has adverse impact on human health and considered as the second most harmful air pollutant after PM10...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2022/v19i130333
The study was carried out to assess the perceptions and responses of targeted beneficiaries of Siti Hydropower on the impact and benefits of the renewable energy scheme. Households in proximity to the power supply line were purposefully selected as a sample population. A semi-str...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2022/v18i430328
Water has been a scarce resource in agricultural areas and is essential in the establishment of nursery seedlings. This requires the effective and efficient use by farmers of this important resource. Hardening nursery seedlings through the reduction of watering regimes is necessa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2022/v18i430327
Antibiotic resistance is a global problem that threatens the health of humans and animals alike. Aiming to influence public health policies and practices toward antibiotic resistance control, this review study investigates antibiotic resistance microorganisms and associated antib...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2022/v18i430326
Climate change is a significant environmental issue impacting people, plants, and food security in the present day. Rapid changes in the global climate have resulted in significant effects on human society and ecological systems. Climate change has far-reaching consequences for t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2022/v18i430322
Aims: This research was conducted to investigate the current structure and composition pattern of savanna of West Timor. Study Design: Fourteen (14) stands (100 x 100 m) and 280 plots (1m x 1m) representing area of savanna were selected by purposive sampling. Place and Duration o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2022/v18i330319
Matumizi Bora ya Malihai Idodi na Pawaga (Mbomipa) is among the community-based wildlife management approaches (WMA) within the Ruaha-Rungwa Ecosystem. The major purpose is to promote wildlife conservation among communities living adjacent to the ecosystem. This study was conduc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2022/v18i330318
A study on the hydrographic (tidal range, speed of flow and Physicochemical parameters) characteristics of the Calabar River was carried out for three months at three sampling points. The result obtained for the tidal range of the Calabar River from the three sampling points rang...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2022/v18i330316
The study considered antibiogram of bacteria isolates from selected ground water (borehole water) resources susceptibility pattern of the isolated microorganisms in Port Harcourt during the dry and wet season of 2020. Seven (7) sampling locations designated as Abuloma, Borikiri,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2022/v18i330317
Aims: Woody plants are postulated to facilitate understory herbaceous plants in arid and semi-arid environments worldwide, the so-called ‘nurse plant’ effect, but this mechanism. has been little studied in the drylands of New Zealand. Indigenous dryland plants postulated to have...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2022/v18i330314