Assessment of water quality in Asa River (Nigeria) and its indigenous Clarias gariepinus fish

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4332-4352

  Kolawole, Olatunji M ^a,b   Ajayi, Kolawole T ^b   Olayemi, Albert B ^b   Okoh, Anthony I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Asa River; Histological; Physicochemical parameters; Pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SURFACE WATER; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NATIVE SPECIES; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RIVER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 82555167994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8114332     Document Type: Article

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