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Table 3 Mean and standard error of the physicochemical parameters of three sites in Ipogun

From: An ecological study of freshwater ecosystem and its colligation to Odonates assemblages in Ipogun, Southwest Nigeria

Parameters

Study sites

Alaasin

Idi

Aponmu

Ambient temperature (°C)

30.27 ± 0.33a

30.36 ± 0.44a

30.73 ± 0.34a

Water temperature (°C)

26.30 ± 0.32a

26.25 ± 0.32a

26.51 ± 0.33a

Ph

6.97 ± 0.59a

6.92 ± 0.05a

6.89 ± 0.06a

DO (mg/L)

5.77 ± 0.17a

5.61 ± 0.14a

5.73 ± 0.14a

Conductivity (µS/cm)

135.27 ± 4.69a

147.73 ± 5.73a

178.16 ± 8.62b

Turbidity (NTU)

51.18 ± 1.26a

48.35 ± 1.21a

52.35 ± 1.23a

TDS (mg/L)

109.77 ± 2.89a

125.77 ± 3.65a

162.82 ± 7.83b

BOD (mg/L)

3.06 ± 0.14a

2.86 ± 0.12a

2.96 ± 0.09a

PO4 (mg/L)

0.17 ± 0.01a

0.18 ± 0.01a

0.19 ± 0.01a

NO3 (mg/L)

0.08 ± 0.01a

0.09 ± 0.01a

0.11 ± 0.01a

  1. Mean followed by similar alphabets indicate no significant difference (p > 0.05) using Tukey’s test