Journal of Fisheries and Life Sciences

Author(s): Aboua Benié Rose Danielle, Konan N’Goran Léonce, Berté Siaka, Kouamélan Essetchi Paul

Abstract: Water quality of Haut Bandama Reserve was assessed by analyzing the composition of fish communities following the eviction of the populations living in the reserve. The sampling took place during the months of February and November 2017 using a battery of gillnets. 589 fish specimen belonging to 7 orders, 14 families, 25 genera and 33 species was collected. The study of the fish assemblage structure showed that the Cichlidae family was qualitatively most varied with seven species. The application of the fish index of biotic integrity (F-IBI) allowed that the water quality of the stations inside the reserve is excellent (ST3) to medium (S1, S2, S4, S7) and low (S5) than one locatedoutside the reserve (S6) which describes us very poor”.