An indirect assessment of the effects of oil pollution on the diversity and funtioning of turtle communities in the Niger Delta, Nigeria;Evaluación indirecta de los efectos de la contaminación por petróleo en la diversidad y funcionamiento de las comunidades de tortugas del delta nel Níger, Nigeria

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-65

  Luiselli, Luca ^a   Akani, G C ^b  

^a FIZV   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Community ecology; Habitat; Nigeria; Oil industry; Pollution; Tropical; Turtles

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; OIL POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURTLE;

NIGERIA;

ANIMALIA; PELOMEDUSA SUBRUFA; PELUSIOS CASTANEUS; PELUSIOS NIGER; TESTUDINES; TRIONYX TRIUNGUIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042878493     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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