Condition factor and gastrointestinal parasitic fauna of three fish species as stress indicators in lekki lagoon, Lagos, Nigeria.
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عنوان ژورنال: Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, E. Medical Entomology & Parasitology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2090-0856
DOI: 10.21608/eajbse.2015.14489