Evaluation of Growth Rate of Invasive Aquatic Macrophytes and Contribution to Its Use in Organic Fertilizer Production: A Case of Eicchornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms, 1883 in the Lobé Creek (Littoral-Cameroon)

作     者：Roland Didier Nwamo Gordon Nwutih Ajonina Tapite Chanel Yamkou Kopmou Thomas Efole Ewoukem Minette Tomedi Eyango Roland Didier Nwamo;Gordon Nwutih Ajonina;Tapite Chanel Yamkou Kopmou;Thomas Efole Ewoukem;Minette Tomedi Eyango

作者机构：Department of Aquatic Ecosystems Management Institute of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences at Yabassi University of Douala Douala Cameroon Cameroon Wildlife Conservation Society Mangrove & Coastal Wetlands Research Centre Mouanko Cameroon Department of Forestry Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences University of Dschang Dschang Cameroon Department of Aquaculture Institute of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences at Yabassi University of Douala Douala Cameroon 

出 版 物：《Open Journal of Ecology》 (生态学期刊（英文）)

年 卷 期：2024年第14卷第7期

页      面：571-583页

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

主　　题：Eichhornia crassipes Lobé Creek Anthropogenic Actions Physico-Chemical Environment Growth Rate Chemical Composition 

摘      要：From 20 January to 20 July 2023, a study was carried out on the Lobé Creek, a waterway subject to considerable natural and man-made pressures, with a negative impact on its biodiversity and habitats. The aim was to evaluate the growth rate of invasive aquatic macrophytes and their contribution to the use of organic fertilisers: a case of Eicchornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms, 1883 in the Lobé Creek (Littoral-Cameroon) with a view to its appropriate use in agronomy. The specific objective was to examine the impact of anthropogenic actions on Lobé Creek, characterise physico-chemical environment of the study area, and evaluate the growth rate of E. crassipes and its chemical composition with a view to producing an organic biofertiliser. The results show that E. crassipes represents a considerable threat to the populations of these localities. As for the physico-chemical parameters, the temperature values vary from 24 ± 1.41˚C to 26.5 ± 1.13˚C;pH from 6.3 ± 0.1 to 7.2 ± 0.07;conductivity and dissolved oxygen vary respectively from 40.7 ± 1.83 µS/cm to 19.6 ± 3.11 µS/cm and from 7.3 ± 0.14 mg/l to 5.8 ± 1.55 mg/l. Its average growth rate varies from 0.69 feet/day to 0.63 feet/day. With regard to the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content of water hyacinth plants, the results show that the average total nitrogen content ranges from 6.11 ± 1.59 g/kg to 5.2 ± 2.03 g/kg;total phosphorus, from 0.52 ± 0.54 g/kg to 0.88 ± 0.38 g/kg;and potassium, from 1.43 ± 0.45 g/kg to 2.61 ± 0.89 g/kg.