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The bionomics and diversity of freshwater snails species in Yewa North, Ogun State, Southwestern Nigeria Cover

The bionomics and diversity of freshwater snails species in Yewa North, Ogun State, Southwestern Nigeria

Helminthologia
Volume 51 (2014): Issue 4 (December 2014)
By: O. Salawu and  A. Odaibo  
Open Access
|Nov 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-014-0250-7 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
Page range: 337 - 344
Published on: Nov 4, 2014
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
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Keywords:
schistosomiasis,
freshwater snail diversity,
physico-chemical parameters,
biocontrol,
Nigeria
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Zoology,
Ecology,
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Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

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