Macroinvertebrate colonisation of artificial substrates in a Nigerian river I: Gravel and leaf litter

African Journal of Aquatic Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-148

  Olomukoro, J O ^a   Okologume, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Artificial substrates; Colonisation; Crustacea; Diptera; Dominant organisms; Ephemeroptera; Freshwater ecosystems; Macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

CLINOTANYPUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; POTAMALPHEOPS;

EID: 53049108611     PISSN: 16085914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJAS.2008.33.2.5.502     Document Type: Article

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