Cyanobacteria blooms-A possible cause of mass mortality of Lesser Flamingos in Lake Manyara and Lake Big Momela, Tanzania

Harmful Algae

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 534-541

  Lugomela, Charles ^a   Pratap, Harish B ^a   Mgaya, Yunus D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Lake Big Momela; Lake Manyara; Lesser Flamingos; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSPIRA FUSIFORMIS; CYANOBACTERIA; PHOENICOPTERIDAE;

EID: 33748620292     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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