Seasonal dynamics of phytoplankton in two tropical rivers of varying size and human impact in southeast Nigeria;Dinamica de temporada del fitoplankton en dos rios tropicales de tamaño e impacto humano variado en el sureste de Nigeria

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Idumah Okogwu, Okechukwu ^a   Ugwumba, Alex O ^b  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Asu River; Cross River; Eutrophication; Functional group; Phytoplankton; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896382538     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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