Effect of Petroleum Effluent Pollution on Carbohydrate Reserves of the Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.)

Discovery and Innovation

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 26-29

  Omoregie, E ^a,b   Ufodike, E B C ^a   Onwuliri, C O E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates reserves; Fish; Oreochromis niloticus; Petroleum; Pollution; Tilapia; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037679872     PISSN: 1015079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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