An expansion of anthropogenic activity around Lagos lagoon, Nigeria, has raised concerns
over increasing contaminants entering the lagoon's ecosystem. The embryotoxicity …

Lagos Lagoon is among Africa's largest estuarine ecosystems, bordered by one of the
fastest growing megacities in the world and the ultimate repository of contaminants carried in …

Greening Africa’s Cities: Page 1 Greening Africa’s Cities: Enhancing the relationship between
urbanization, environmental assets and ecosystem services Roland White Jane Turpie …

Lagos Lagoon is a very popular lagoon in Lagos state that receives effluents from
neighboring industries. These effluents tend to increase the level of contaminants in the …

Most coastal waters are exposed to high influx of pollutants due to the obvious elevated
human activities. In order to adequately evaluate the extent of toxicity of contaminants in the …

This study was carried out to assess the heavy metal pollution status and potential
ecological risk in the Lagos lagoon, Nigeria. The concentrations of twelve heavy metals …

Economic advancements in developing countries have seen an increase in urbanisation
and industrialisation with a rise in the levels of discharge of effluents and municipal waste …

Objective This study investigates the bioaccumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,
trophic microbial biomass, parasite prevalence, antioxidant enzyme responses and …

Background. Ologe Lagoon is an important water body that receives effluents from
neighboring industries. These effluents may increase the levels of anthropogenic …

The evaluation of biomarkers in resident fisheries of aquatic ecosystems is important for risk
assessment of such ecosystems. In this study, surface water and sediment physicochemical …