Assessment of the water quality of oyun reservoir, Offa, Nigeria, using selected physico-chemical parameters

Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-319

  Mustapha, Moshood Keke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ecology; Eutrophication; Fertilizers; Fish production; Total dissolved solids

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949089106     PISSN: 13032712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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