Effect of water pollution in El-Rahawy drainage canal on hematology and organs of freshwater fish Clarias gariepinus

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-341

  Gaber, Hanan S ^a   El Kasheif, Midhat A ^a   Ibrahim, Seham A ^b   Authman, Mohammad M N ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^b BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Blood; Clarias gariepinus; El Rahawy drain; Heavy metals; Histopathology; River nile; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872783425     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.21.3.71192     Document Type: Article

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