Response of macroinvertebrate communities to abattoir wastes and other anthropogenic activities in a municipal stream in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Environmentalist

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-98

  Arimoro, Francis O ^a   Ikomi, Robert B ^a  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Abattoir wastes; Human activities; Impact; Macroinvertebrate; Municipal stream; Stressors

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNELID; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; STREAM; TAXONOMY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AFRICA; DELTA; NIGERIA; OROGODO RIVER; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANNELIDA; DIPTERA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 43349107231     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-007-9033-8     Document Type: Article

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