Abstract: A study on the impact of physicochemical parameters on phytoplanktons and zooplanktons occurrence and distribution was carried out in Mohammed Ayuba dam, Kazaure, Jigawa State Nigeria for a period of eleven (11) month in 2020. Three (3) sampling stations designated as A, B and C was selected. The results of the physicochemical factors showed that, Temperature ranged between 25 – 31⁰C, Transparency 18 – 97 cm, Conductivity 214 – 648 mg/L, Dissolved solids (DS) 1.1 – 2.5 mg/L, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) 68 – 471 mg/L, pH 6.6 – 7.7 and Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) 1.1 – 5.8 mg/L. Statistical analyses of the results using Pearson correlation coefficient have shown that, negative correlation was observed between temperature and transparency with Spirogyra, conductivity......
Keywords: impact, occurrence, abundance, correlation, physicochemical, planktons. Mohammed Ayuba Dam
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