An enclosure study to evaluate the effect of Sargochromis codringtoni on snail populations in an irrigation canal

African Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 255-258

  Brodersen, Jakob ^a   Chimbari, Moses J ^b   Madsen, Henry ^a  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b Blair Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Sargochromis codringtoni; Snail control

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISEASE CONTROL; FISH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

ZIMBABWE;

BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; CICHLIDAE; GASTROPODA; PULMONATA; SARGOCHROMIS; SARGOCHROMIS CODRINGTONI; SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 0036818509     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2002.11657180     Document Type: Article

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