Table 9: Heavy metal potential ecological risk index of the Ologe lagoon and Badagry Lagoon.
Lagoon and Season | Sample sites | - | |||||
Cr | Cd | Cu | Zn | Pb | |||
OL (Wet season) | Morogbo | 0.78 | 65 | 1.06 | 0.63 | 4.82 | 72.29 |
Ibiye | 0.6 | 58 | 1.52 | 0.76 | 4.43 | 65.3 | |
Obele | 0.62 | 51 | 1.69 | 0.7 | 4.64 | 58.64 | |
Agbara | 0.66 | 68 | 1.65 | 0.6 | 4.35 | 75.27 | |
OL (Dry season) | Morogbo | 0.69 | 80 | 1.47 | 0.78 | 5.64 | 88.59 |
Ibiye | 0.78 | 74 | 1.63 | 0.8 | 6.3 | 83.52 | |
Obele | 0.81 | 65 | 1.59 | 0.76 | 7.38 | 75.54 | |
Agbara | 0.77 | 72 | 1.56 | 0.76 | 5.45 | 80.55 | |
Cr | Cd | Cu | Zn | Pb | |||
BL (Wet season) | Marina | 0.41 | 4 | 1.33 | 0.47 | 1.7 | 7.91 |
GanyingboTopa | 0.48 | 7 | 1.29 | 0.5 | 1.93 | 11.2 | |
Juforo | 0.54 | 5 | 1.23 | 0.58 | 2.55 | 9.91 | |
Owode | 0.57 | 5 | 1.24 | 0.58 | 3.21 | 10.59 | |
BL (Dry season) | Marina | 0.66 | 5 | 1.22 | 0.53 | 1.96 | 9.36 |
GanyingboTopa | 0.69 | 17 | 1.26 | 0.49 | 1.91 | 1.91 | |
Juforo | 0.74 | 5 | 1.21 | 0.49 | 2.01 | 9.44 | |
Owode | 0.53 | 7 | 1.24 | 0.42 | 1.96 | 11.15 |
Note: is the individual heavy metal potential ecological risk index, OL-Ologe Lagoon, BL-Badagry Lagoon, is the total heavy metal potential ecological risk index; Bold values indicates the sample sites with moderate potential ecological risk.