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Publication Akindele et al. (2018): summary
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Complete Citation

Akindele, E.O., A.V. Adeniyi, O.G. Oyeku & B.W. Adu. 2018. Analysis of benthic macroinvertebrates, biological water quality and conservation value of a tropical river and UNESCO-protected environment. African Journal of Ecology 56(3): 488-498. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Margaritifera margaritifera Akindele et al., 2018
‘Linneaus’ of Authors.
Akindele & Olutona, 2015. Water Env. J. 29: 543 [as ‘Margaritifera sp.’].
Akindele et al., 2018. African J. Ecol. 56(3): 488, figs. S1-S2.
Ukam et al., 2018. Adv. in Res. 15(2): 1.
(misidentified reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

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