Community participation in river monitoring using diatoms: A case study from the Buffelspoort Valley Conservancy

African Journal of Aquatic Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-182

  Taylor, J ^a   Pope, N ^b   van Rensburg, L ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community participation; Diatoms; River monitoring; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 70349485763     PISSN: 16085914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJAS.2009.34.2.8.895     Document Type: Article

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