Seasonal variation in the physicochemistry of a small tropical reservoir (Aiba Reservoir, Iwo, Osun, Nigeria)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1962-1971

  Atobatele, Oluwatosin Ebenezer ^a   Ugwumba, O Alex ^b  

^a BOWEN UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Limnology; Physicochemical parameters; Reservoir; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MAGNESIUM OXIDE;

ALKALINITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LIMNOLOGY; NIGERIA; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RESERVOIR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TROPICS; TURBIDITY; WATER HARDNESS;

EID: 46349106359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB2008.000-5043     Document Type: Article

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