The Keta Lagoon and its catchment areas in Ghana are influenced by intensive agriculture and the use of agro-chemicals. It has therefore, become necessary to assess the quality of water in the lagoon and the surroundi...The Keta Lagoon and its catchment areas in Ghana are influenced by intensive agriculture and the use of agro-chemicals. It has therefore, become necessary to assess the quality of water in the lagoon and the surrounding fresh water aquifers. In this study, a water quality index (WQI), indicating the water quality has been adopted. The WQI was determined on a basis of various physico-chemical parameters like pH, conductivity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, calcium, magnesium, chloride, nitrates, ammonium and sodium. The index was used both for tracking changes at one site over time, and for comparisons among sites. The WQI was also employed to wells used for irrigation on farms along the Keta Sand Spit as well as that of the Keta Lagoon Complex and its surrounding floodplains, in order to ascertain the quality of water for public and livestock consumption, irrigation, recreation and other purposes. The WQI of the wells, Keta lagoon and its floodplains showed various degrees of poor water quality and therefore considered unsuitable for drinking and recreation. By WHO standards, this calls for intensive physical and chemical treatment of the water for human consumption.展开更多
Four different Sox genes in Amur sturgeon Acipenser schrenckii and five Sox genes in chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta were identified for the first time in this paper, and there was no sexual difference for these genes i...Four different Sox genes in Amur sturgeon Acipenser schrenckii and five Sox genes in chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta were identified for the first time in this paper, and there was no sexual difference for these genes in these two fishes. For Amur sturgeon, the encoded amino acid sequences exhibited 98%, 98%, 98%, 86% of sequence homology with those reported for human SOX HMG box, respectively, and for chum salmon, the encoded amino acid sequences exhibited 93%,98%,98%,98%,96% of sequence homology with those reported for human SOX HMG box, respectively. Two different forms of Sox9 gene in chum salmon were found, and Sox9 contained a 303 bp and 258 bp introns in the HMG box for chum salmon respectively while 572 bp for Amur sturgeon. No clear similarity was observed between the introns in the Sox9 HMG box of different fishes, but the introns occur in the HMG box region between the second and third bases of the codon for arginine at residue 42 in HMG box for the three fishes, and obey the rule of “GT AG”. and the encoded amino acid sequences in the three Sox9 genes HMG box are very conservative in the two fishes (100% identification). Identification of these genes is a potential step in understanding development regulations including sex determination in Amur sturgeon.展开更多
文摘The Keta Lagoon and its catchment areas in Ghana are influenced by intensive agriculture and the use of agro-chemicals. It has therefore, become necessary to assess the quality of water in the lagoon and the surrounding fresh water aquifers. In this study, a water quality index (WQI), indicating the water quality has been adopted. The WQI was determined on a basis of various physico-chemical parameters like pH, conductivity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, calcium, magnesium, chloride, nitrates, ammonium and sodium. The index was used both for tracking changes at one site over time, and for comparisons among sites. The WQI was also employed to wells used for irrigation on farms along the Keta Sand Spit as well as that of the Keta Lagoon Complex and its surrounding floodplains, in order to ascertain the quality of water for public and livestock consumption, irrigation, recreation and other purposes. The WQI of the wells, Keta lagoon and its floodplains showed various degrees of poor water quality and therefore considered unsuitable for drinking and recreation. By WHO standards, this calls for intensive physical and chemical treatment of the water for human consumption.
文摘Four different Sox genes in Amur sturgeon Acipenser schrenckii and five Sox genes in chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta were identified for the first time in this paper, and there was no sexual difference for these genes in these two fishes. For Amur sturgeon, the encoded amino acid sequences exhibited 98%, 98%, 98%, 86% of sequence homology with those reported for human SOX HMG box, respectively, and for chum salmon, the encoded amino acid sequences exhibited 93%,98%,98%,98%,96% of sequence homology with those reported for human SOX HMG box, respectively. Two different forms of Sox9 gene in chum salmon were found, and Sox9 contained a 303 bp and 258 bp introns in the HMG box for chum salmon respectively while 572 bp for Amur sturgeon. No clear similarity was observed between the introns in the Sox9 HMG box of different fishes, but the introns occur in the HMG box region between the second and third bases of the codon for arginine at residue 42 in HMG box for the three fishes, and obey the rule of “GT AG”. and the encoded amino acid sequences in the three Sox9 genes HMG box are very conservative in the two fishes (100% identification). Identification of these genes is a potential step in understanding development regulations including sex determination in Amur sturgeon.
