Water temperature and the 1987 fish kill at lake st lucia on the south eastern coast of africa

Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 105-110

  Cyrus, D P ^a   McLean, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Estuarine fish; Lake St Lucia; Mass mortality; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996558343     PISSN: 10183469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10183469.1996.9631377     Document Type: Article

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