Freshwater algae from lakes in the lower Niger Delta system (Nigeria)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 368, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 217-229

  Ziller, Stefanie ^a   Economou Amilli, Athena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blue green algae; Diatoms; Flood and non flood plain lakes; Green algae; Niger Delta system

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES INVENTORY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0031716833     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003284413289     Document Type: Article

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