Physiochemistry and Microbiological Quality of Surface Water Body around Port Terminals in Southern Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorOgbonna, D. Nen_US
dc.contributor.authorAnthony, E. Men_US
dc.contributor.authorKpormon, L. B.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-27T06:26:59Z
dc.date.available2023-06-27T06:26:59Z
dc.date.issued2023-04
dc.description.abstractAnthropogenic activities around the sea ports are capable of causing changes on the physicochemical and microbiological quality of water bodies along the port terminals. Such activities can cause an ecological imbalance in the water quality /ecosystem resulting in extinction of aquatic resources. The aim of this study therefore was to investigate the physicochemical and microbiological quality of surface water along the busy port terminals. Surface water samples were collected from Onne port terminal using sterile containers. The samples were collected during the wet and dry seasons between January to June 2021. The sterile bottles were filled with surface water samples and transported in an ice packed container to the Department of Microbiology Laboratory of the Rivers State University for analyses using standard analytical methods. Statistical analyses were carried out using ANOVA and All pairs tukey-kramer. Results of the physicochemical parameters showed that temperature, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, nitrate and heavy metals were significantly higher during the dry season than the wet season at P ? 0.05 levels of significance. Seasonal variation with respect to microbial counts shows that Total Heterotrophic Bacteria, Total Heterotrophic Fungi, Total coliforms and Faecal coliforms had a mean value of 3.9±1.77 x 106; 0.8 ±0.05 x 104 ; 7.4 ±1.3 x 104 and 3.6 ±0.17 x 104 colony forming unit per millilitre respectively for wet season while the dry season had 1.6±0.77 x 106 , 0.5 ±0.01 x 104 , 4.6 ±0.17 x 104 and 2.7 ±1.03 x 104 cfu/ml respectively. In this study, the predominant bacterial isolates belonged to the genera of Vibrio, Pseudomonas, Klebsiella, Bacillus, Shigella, Staphylococcus, Salmonella, Proteus, Bacillus and Escherichia. coli. The results of physicochemical and microbiological characteristics including the heavy metals, were detected at concentrations on or below detection limits.. It is therefore suggested that relevant environmental regulatory bodies should maintain regular check to ensure that appropriate standards are maintained around seaports due to beehive of activities.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Microbiology, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo PMB 5080, Port Harcourt,Nigeriaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsInstitute of Geosciences and Environment Management, Rivers State University, Nkpolu Oroworukwo PMB 5080, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOgbonna D. N, Anthony E. M, Kpormon L. B.. Physiochemistry and Microbiological Quality of Surface Water Body around Port Terminals in Southern Nigeria. Microbiology Research Journal International. 2023 Apr; 33(2): 54-60en_US
dc.identifier.issn2456-7043
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/217198
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSciencedomain Internationalen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume33en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.9734/mrji/2023/v33i21367en_US
dc.subjectPort terminalsen_US
dc.subjectmicroorganismsen_US
dc.subjectphysico-chemistryen_US
dc.subjectanthropogenic activitiesen_US
dc.subjectsurface water bodyen_US
dc.titlePhysiochemistry and Microbiological Quality of Surface Water Body around Port Terminals in Southern Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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