IMPACT OF PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY OF FIVE PROSPECTED WETLANDS FROM KIPUSHI MINING SITE IN HAUT-KATANGA PROVINCE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
The development of mining industrialization are factors that have favored the pollution of aquatic ecosystems. The main purpose of this study was to assess the influence of physico-chemical parameters of surface waters on the abundance of hydrophytes in 5 wetlands in Kipushi city, Haut-Katanga Province in DRC. Samples were collected from four rivers, of which: Kanyameshi, Kafubu, Kipushi, Kamarenge and Lake Kamarenge.