Coastal management has emerged as one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st century to adapt to sea-level rise and associated hazards like coastal flooding and coastal erosion. To respond to coastal erosion, ...

Plastic pollution is a global environmental challenge that threatens marine biodiversity and ecosystem health. The focus of this thesis was to evaluate the level of plastic pollution along the coast of Ghana and also, to ...

There is currently no country-specific water quality index (WQI) for monitoring estuarine water quality in Ghana. This study addresses this gap by developing an integrated WQI for monitoring the quality of estuarine water ...

Studies on plankton assemblage, diet selectivity and larval rearing of Crassostrea tulipa were carried out. Physicochemical parameters, plankton and oyster specimen were sampled from Narkwa and Benya lagoons, both ...

This study presents findings of the assessments of water and sediment quality, pollution indication, health risks associated with nutrients and metal contamination, and the drivers of degradation in Pra and Ankobra ...

In this work, the underlying mechanisms in coastal wetlands were examined in relation to the long-term mangroves' response to anthropogenic activities and sea level rise. Geographic information systems and dynamic ...

Leishmaniasis is a parasitic neglected tropical disease which is caused by protozoan parasites. These parasites are transmitted by the bite of infected female sand flies (vectors) that feed on blood. Monitoring of these ...

Malaria in pregnancy still remains a huge public health problem in most parts of Africa and Asia-Pacific. The use of Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine as intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy (SP -IPTp) in ...

The goal of this thesis was to determine the effects of environmental changes on the assemblages of eight sympatric large grazer~ of Mole National Park (MNP). Transects were surveyed in each of five main habitat types ...

ABSTRACT Black soldier fly larvae are converters of organic waste into edible biomass and organic residue. This study investigated the feasibility of establishing indigenous black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens colony ...