Zooplankton associations and environmental factors in Ogunpa and Ona rivers, Nigeria

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 391-398

  Akin Oriola, Gbemisola A ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster; Environmental parameters; Factor and correlation analysis; Nigeria; Rivers; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; NIGERIA; PH; RIVER; TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS, HEAVY; NIGERIA; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 1642397478     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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