Articles | Volume 388
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-388-9-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-388-9-2025
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12 Dec 2025
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Dynamics of freshwater benthic macroinvertebrates in West African lagoons: Lake Nokoué and Porto-Novo Lagoon complex, Southern Benin

Roger Bolaya Lingofo, Mouhamed Orou Nari Chabi Kpera, Serge Hubert Togouet Zébazé, and Youssouf Abou

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The Lake Nokoué and Porto-Novo Lagoon complex represents the most important Lagoon system in Benin. It  Regarding the hydrological regime, a predominance of strictly freshwater taxa was noted during the High water period in Lake Nokoué. Furthermore, this predominance was recorded during both High and Low water periods within the Porto-Novo Lagoon. Thus, the variation of these taxa was found to be more pronounced in Lake Nokoué than in the Porto-Novo Lagoon.
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