The effect of industrial activities on the periphyton community at the upper reaches of New Calabar river, Niger delta, Nigeria

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1137-1143

  Chindah, Alex Chuks ^a  

^a RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY; PERIPHYTON DIVERSITY;

BIODEGRADATION;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; PETROLEUM; PHOSPHATE;

BIOMASS; CRUDE OIL; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOM; PERIPHYTON;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NIGERIA; OIL SPILL; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; WATER POLLUTION;

NEW CALABAR RIVER; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0032055520     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00296-0     Document Type: Article

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