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The Impact of Makeshift Oil Refineries on the Macro-Invertebrates of the Nun River Estuary, Niger Delta, Nigeria

Sampling was done in six sampling stations for one year (August, 2014-July, 2015) to investigate the impacts of makeshift oil refineries on the macroinvertebrates of the Nun River estuary in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria after over 3 years of chronic pollution of this estuary by the makeshift refinery activities.There was also a massive destruction of the benthic and mangrove associated macrofauna of the Nun River estuary and its tributaries.18 species of benthic macro-invertebrates distributed among 15 genera and 9 families were recorded during the study.A total of 2, 942 individual organ…

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