Margaret Fafa Awushie Akwetey

University of Cape Coast | UCC · Department of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences

Coastal wetlands are important ecosystems that support biological communities and human populations. Anthropogenic activities have over the years affected these coastal wetlands globally leading to a loss of about 50% of these areas. There have therefore been calls to conserve these wetlands in order to sustain future generations. However, data to...

This study was aimed at assessing the ecological status of six coastal water bodies using abiotic parameters and benthic macroinvertebrates as indicators. Data were collected from June 2016 to August 2017. Physico-chemical parameters were measured in situ while nutrients, heavy metals analyses, sediment organic matter and particle sizes as well...

This paper on benthic macroinvertebrates of Kakum and Nyan estuaries is meant as baseline information in the wake of offshore oil drilling, mining and land use due to growing human population on the southwestern coast of Ghana. Ekman grab (0.0225 m2) was used to sample benthic macroinvertebrates monthly from August 2011 to July 2012. Crustacea (58....

In order to enhance ecological knowledge for coastal and mangrove ecosystem conservation in Ghana, the study documents the taxonomic groups of benthic macrofauna and fish assemblages in an urban mangrove swamp as its fundamental objective with emphasis on their composition, richness and diversity. This is because benthic and fish fauna of mangrove...