Diurnal Variation In Physico-Chemical Parameters and Soil Sediment Bacterial Population Of Magada Lake, Ibafo

📄 Project Abstract

Due to environmental and health challenges associated with water bodies which include lakes, the ecological and microbial factors need to be given prior attention. The ecological factors have the potential to influence bacterial population associated with water bodies. However, the effect of ecological factors on soil sediment bacterial population have not been investigated in Magada lake which passed through Mountain Top University. Soil sediment samples were collected at different time points of 12am, 6am, 12pm and 6pm to determine the physico-chemical parameters and bacterial population using standard methods. In addition, in-situ physico-chemical parameters such as air temperature, water temperature, salinity, conductivity, depth, dissolved oxygen and turbidity were determined at the point of collection. Remarkably, only pH was significantly different (p<0.05) in comparison to the others. It was observed at 6am partly 12pm that the bacterial population, phosphate/sulphate/nitrate/m...