{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7225759109","doi":"https://doi.org/10.56201/rjpst.vol.9.no9.2026.pg111.123","title":"Benthic Macrofauna of the Mgbuoshimini Axis of Elechi Creek, Bonny Estuary, Nigeria: Baseline for Ecological Monitoring","display_name":"Benthic Macrofauna of the Mgbuoshimini Axis of Elechi Creek, Bonny Estuary, Nigeria: Baseline for Ecological Monitoring","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-11-10","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7225759109","doi":"https://doi.org/10.56201/rjpst.vol.9.no9.2026.pg111.123"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.56201/rjpst.vol.9.no9.2026.pg111.123","doi":"https://doi.org/10.56201/rjpst.vol.9.no9.2026.pg111.123","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.56201/rjpst.vol.9.no9.2026.pg111.123","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4387282493","display_name":"RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY","issn_l":"2579-0536","issn":["2579-0536","2695-2696"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5161387568","display_name":"G.O. Nwejie","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I96576516","display_name":"Rivers State University","ror":"https://ror.org/01kr7aq59","country_code":"NG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I96576516"]}],"countries":["NG"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"G.O. Nwejie","raw_affiliation_strings":["Rivers State University, Port Harcourt,   Nkpolu-Orowrukwo,  Port Harcourt, Nigeria"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Rivers State University, Port Harcourt,   Nkpolu-Orowrukwo,  Port Harcourt, Nigeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I96576516"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5161387568"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I96576516"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"111","last_page":"111"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10765","display_name":"Marine Biology and Ecology Research","score":0.9937000274658203,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1910","display_name":"Oceanography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10765","display_name":"Marine Biology and Ecology Research","score":0.9937000274658203,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1910","display_name":"Oceanography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10669","display_name":"Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology","score":0.0035000001080334187,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2303","display_name":"Ecology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14399","display_name":"Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology","score":0.0010999999940395355,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1105","display_name":"Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781123465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18952","display_name":"Polychaete","level":2,"score":0.9639000296592712},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C83042747","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q686881","display_name":"Benthic zone","level":2,"score":0.9409000277519226},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C32350722","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182238","display_name":"Benthos","level":3,"score":0.767300009727478},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.5633999705314636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C12725497","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q810247","display_name":"Baseline (sea)","level":2,"score":0.5160999894142151},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13474642","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43806","display_name":"Invertebrate","level":2,"score":0.5157999992370605},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39432304","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188847","display_name":"Environmental science","level":0,"score":0.4666000008583069},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781162219","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26250693","display_name":"Replicate","level":2,"score":0.4611000120639801},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778492020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1639882","display_name":"Macrobenthos","level":3,"score":0.45399999618530273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.4194999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111368507","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43518","display_name":"Oceanography","level":1,"score":0.4156000018119812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2816523","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180184","display_name":"Sediment","level":2,"score":0.40689998865127563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C133079900","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5155065","display_name":"Community structure","level":2,"score":0.4027999937534332},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776249982","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25326","display_name":"Mollusca","level":2,"score":0.37770000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C505870484","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180538","display_name":"Fishery","level":1,"score":0.36309999227523804},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779043415","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q986177","display_name":"Mediterranean sea","level":3,"score":0.30489999055862427},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77077793","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336019","display_name":"Abundance (ecology)","level":2,"score":0.2985999882221222},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C176585087","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q864438","display_name":"Bioindicator","level":2,"score":0.2921999990940094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115540264","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2945560","display_name":"Biomass (ecology)","level":2,"score":0.28519999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179992253","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2750657","display_name":"Detritivore","level":3,"score":0.2743000090122223},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C22215628","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q864438","display_name":"Indicator species","level":3,"score":0.2612999975681305},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C122325731","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3738459","display_name":"Relative species abundance","level":3,"score":0.2581999897956848},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C130217890","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47041","display_name":"Biodiversity","level":2,"score":0.2558000087738037}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.56201/rjpst.vol.9.no9.2026.pg111.123","doi":"https://doi.org/10.56201/rjpst.vol.9.no9.2026.pg111.123","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.56201/rjpst.vol.9.no9.2026.pg111.123","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4387282493","display_name":"RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY","issn_l":"2579-0536","issn":["2579-0536","2695-2696"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Benthic":[0],"macrofaunal":[1],"composition,":[2],"abundance,":[3],"were":[4,26,76,82,87,103,144,191],"investigated":[5],"in":[6,58,138],"the":[7,53,107,133,139,215,234],"Mgbuoshimini":[8],"axis":[9],"of":[10,20,110,114,132,136,153,214,222],"Elechi":[11],"Creek,":[12],"Bonny":[13],"Estuary,":[14],"Rivers":[15],"State,":[16],"Nigeria,":[17],"before":[18],"construction":[19,238],"a":[21,39,50,220],"proposed":[22,235],"abattoir.":[23],"Four":[24],"stations":[25,148,195],"sampled":[27],"bimonthly":[28],"from":[29,146],"April":[30],"2023":[31],"to":[32,67,97,151],"February":[33],"2024.":[34],"Sediment":[35],"was":[36,56,70,159],"collected":[37,77],"with":[38,63,112,233],"16":[40,42],"\u00d7":[41],"cm":[43],"Van":[44],"Veen":[45],"grab":[46],"and":[47,61,84,92,100,124,149,165,185,203,211,218,239],"washed":[48],"through":[49],"0.5-mm":[51],"sieve,":[52],"material":[54],"retained":[55],"placed":[57],"labeled":[59],"containers":[60],"fixed":[62],"10":[64],"%":[65],"formalin":[66],"which":[68],"eosin":[69],"added.":[71],"Three":[72],"replicate":[73],"benthic":[74,216],"samples":[75],"at":[78,161],"each":[79],"station.":[80],"Samples":[81],"sorted":[83],"all":[85,147],"organisms":[86],"identified":[88],"using":[89],"appropriate":[90],"keys":[91],"enumerated.":[93],"Fifteen":[94],"species":[95,111],"belonging":[96],"five":[98],"phyla":[99],"eleven":[101],"families":[102],"recorded.":[104],"Annelida":[105],"had":[106],"highest":[108],"number":[109],"53%":[113],"species,":[115],"followed":[116],"by":[117],"Arthropoda":[118],"(20%),":[119],"Mollusca":[120],"(13%),":[121],"Echinodermata":[122],"(7%)":[123],"Chordata":[125],"(7%).":[126],"Polychaeta":[127],"accounted":[128],"for":[129,196,225],"ca":[130],"98%":[131],"relative":[134],"abundance":[135],"benthos":[137],"area.":[140],"Seven":[141],"polychaete":[142,223],"taxocene":[143,224],"recorded":[145],"subjected":[150],"Analysis":[152],"variance":[154],"(ANOVA)":[155],"while":[156],"Boccardia":[157],"sp":[158,177,180,187,205],"found":[160],"only":[162],"one":[163],"station":[164],"not":[166,171],"carried":[167],"through.":[168],"ANOVA":[169],"did":[170],"give":[172],"significant":[173,192],"spatial":[174,210],"differences":[175,193],"Notomastus":[176],"(p=0.416),":[178],"Polydora":[179],"(p=0.202)":[181],"Nephtys":[182],"hombergi":[183],"(p=286)":[184],"Streblospio":[186],"(p=0.437).":[188],"However,":[189],"there":[190],"between":[194],"Capitella":[197],"capitata":[198],"(p=0.001),":[199],"Nereis":[200],"diversicolor":[201],"(p=0.009)":[202],"Lumbrineris":[204],"(p=0.005).":[206],"The":[207],"results":[208],"demonstrate":[209],"temporal":[212],"structuring":[213],"community":[217],"provide":[219],"baseline":[221],"assessing":[226],"ecological":[227],"change":[228],"that":[229],"may":[230],"be":[231],"associated":[232],"abattoir":[236],"during":[237],"operation.":[240]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-11T12:16:26.678958","created_date":"2026-11-11T00:00:00"}