dc.contributor.author | Kizza, Robinson | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-20T11:51:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-05-20T11:51:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-04-20 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kizza,R.(2022)Assessing the impacts of surface properties of the catchment area on the biodiversity of the Nakivubo stream.(MakUD)(Unpublished undergraduate dissertation).Makerere University, Kampala ,Uganda. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/12849 | |
dc.description | A dissertation submitted to Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of a Bachelor of Science Degree in Fisheries and Aquaculture of Makerere University Makerere University. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Nakivubo stream is the main stormwater drainage channel for the city of Kampala whose level of
urbanization interms of imperviousness is high,this greatly affects the water quality and
macroinvertebrates with in the stream. In this study water samples and macroinvertebrates were
collected from the paved and unpaved catchments and the results of this study indicated TDS
range from 0.250 to 0.38 mg/l, EC range from 367.7to 546 µScm-sand DO range from 2.16 to
2.4mg/l. pH range from8.6 to 8.7 while temperature ranged from 23oC to 24oC. The results of
Shannon Weinner diversity and Simpson’s diversity index shown a high diversity of
macroinvertebrates in the unpaved catchments compared to the paved catchments. A correlation
between the abundance of macroinvertebrates and the water quality parameters shown a positive
relationship between temperature, ph and Oligocheata, a negative relationship between the other
macroinvertebrates and all the water quality parameters.
Stream water quality in the watershed is influenced by many factors such as meteorological
conditions and anthropogenic activities, only considering the imperviousness can not perfectly
represent the status of stream water quality with in the watershed | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
dc.subject | Macroinvertebrates | en_US |
dc.subject | Imperviousness | en_US |
dc.subject | Abundance | en_US |
dc.subject | Antropogenic | en_US |
dc.title | Assessing the impacts of surface properties of the catchment area on the biodiversity of the Nakivubo stream. | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |