Ecology and abundance of oligochaetes as indicators of organic pollution in an urban stream in southern Nigeria

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 446-453

  Arimoro, Francis O ^a   Ikomi, Robert B ^a   Iwegbue, Chukwujindu M A ^a  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Abattoir effluent; Indicator; Oligochaetes; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; CHAETOGASTER; DERO; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; NAIS COMMUNIS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); STYLARIA; TUBIFEX;

EID: 33847016092     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.446.453     Document Type: Article

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