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Further studies on the fish communities of a perturbed stream in southern Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Reginald Victor  and
Jacob Meye
Reginald Victor
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 36, Al Khod 123, Sultanate of Oman
Jacob Meye
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Benin, PMB 1154, Benin City, Nigeria, West Africa
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Keywords

AfricacommunitiesfishNigeriaperturbationreservoirstreamtropics
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , November 1994 , pp. 627 - 632
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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