Arthropods Community of Mangrove Swamp of Great Kwa River, Southern Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated the Arthropod community of the Great Kwa river mangrove swamp within two sites. Site A represented a muddy flat with high water capacity while Site B represented a less muddy flat with low water capacity. Arthropod abundance increased during the wet season with a mean value (298.04+4.41 a ) for site A and (122.90+2.0 a ) for site B versus (198.49+2.30 b ) for site A and (75.44+1.21 b ) for site B during the dry season. There was a significant difference between arthropods collected during the wet season and the dry season (p 0.05). Finally species diversity analysis revealed that site A was more diverse with an index of 2.46 in comparison with site B having an index of 2.261.