Zooplankton community of Minichinda stream, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 490-498

  Davies, O A ^a   Otene, B B ^a  

^a RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Minichinda stream; Port harcourt; Protozoa; Species composition; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349132051     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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