The zoobenthic fauna of the Nhlabane coastal lake system, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 20 years after construction of a barrage

Water SA

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 533-542

  Vivier, L ^a   Cyrus, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DAM; LAKE; ZOOBENTHOS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; CRUSTACEA; INSECTA; MOLLUSCA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0032694874     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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