Physico-chemical indices of breeding sites of Simulium damnosum in the lower Cross River Basin, Nigeria

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 511-517

  Opara, K N ^a   Fagbemi, B O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blackflies; Lower Cross River Basin; Nigeria; Simulium damnosum physico chemical parameters

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; HARDNESS; NITRATES; OXYGEN; PH; RIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE; WATER QUALITY;

BIOECOLOGY; BLACKFLIES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LOWER CROSS RIVER BASIN; NIGERIA; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

INSECT CONTROL;

FRESH WATER; OXYGEN;

BREEDING SITE; FLY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENT; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; NIGERIA; PH; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA; NIGERIA; OXYGEN; SEASONS; SIMULIIDAE; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

AFRICA; CROSS RIVER; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

EID: 23944517560     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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