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ArticleHeliyon2021

Ecological and human health risk assessment of total petroleum hydrocarbons in surface water and sediment from Woji Creek in the Niger Delta Estuary of Rivers State, Nigeria.

Owhonda Chikeru Ihunwo, Mark Obinna Onyema, Vremudia Onyeajoma Wekpe, Christopher Okocha, Amir Reza Shahabinia, Lebechi Emmanuel, Vincent N Okwe, Chimdi B Lawson, Prince Chinedu Mmom, Amalo Ndu Dibofori-Orji and 1 more

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Article in Heliyon, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Owhonda Chikeru IhunwoNiger Delta Aqua Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry Technology, School of Science Laboratory Technology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, P. M. B. 5323, Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Mark Obinna OnyemaNiger Delta Aqua Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry Technology, School of Science Laboratory Technology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, P. M. B. 5323, Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Vremudia Onyeajoma WekpeNiger Delta Aqua Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry Technology, School of Science Laboratory Technology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, P. M. B. 5323, Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Christopher OkochaDepartment of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, P. M. B. 5323, Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Amir Reza ShahabiniaNiger Delta Aqua Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry Technology, School of Science Laboratory Technology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, P. M. B. 5323, Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Lebechi EmmanuelDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences. Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Vincent N OkweDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences. Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Chimdi B LawsonDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences. Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Prince Chinedu MmomNiger Delta Aqua Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry Technology, School of Science Laboratory Technology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, P. M. B. 5323, Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Amalo Ndu Dibofori-OrjiNiger Delta Aqua Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry Technology, School of Science Laboratory Technology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, P. M. B. 5323, Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Estefanía BonnailCentro de Investigaciones Costeras, Universidad de Atacama (CIC-UDA), Avenida Copayapu 485, Copiapó, Atacama, Chile.
University of Port Harcourt · NGUniversity of Atacama · CL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study was designed to assess total petroleum hydrocarbon (THP) concentrations in the surface water and sediment sampled from Woji Creek and to assess potential ecological and human health risk due to petroleum hydrocarbons along the creek. Physicochemical parameters [pH, temperature (T), electrical conductivity (EC), dissolved oxygen (DO), total dissolved solids (TDS)] were in-situ measured from sediment and surface water; hydrological parameters (width, depth and volume) were used to calculate the flow rate (discharge) at different stations of the creek. Trend of TPH in the surface water samples along the creek were as follows: St4 (3.639 ± 1.121 mg/L) > St3 (2.449 ± 0.623 mg/L) > St1 (1.457 ± 0.244 mg/L) > St2 (1.069 ± 0.228 mg/L) > St5 (1.010 ± 0.120 mg/L) Trend of TPH concentration across the creek was as follows: St1 - 8.758 ± 0.697 mg/kg > St3 - 7.675 ± 0.541 mg/kg > St5 - 5.515 ± 0.401 mg/kg > St4 - 5.075 ± 0.363 mg/kg > St2 - 3.162 ± 0.307 mg/kg. Diagnostic indices indicate that the hydrocarbon in the creek was from petrogenic source. Estimation of ecological risk indicated risk in the surface water but not in the sediment. However, human health risk assessment indicated no risk due to human ingestion of the sediment or surface water.

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Ecology riskEstuaryHuman health riskNiger DeltaPetroleum hydrocarbons

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