Lake Victoria: Ecology, resources, environment

Lake Victoria: Ecology, Resources, Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-354

  Awange, Joseph L ^a   Ong'ang'a, Obiero ^b  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b Osienala ^*  (Kenya)

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EID: 84889766694     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-32575-1     Document Type: Book

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