Environmental Research Journal

Year: 2014
Volume: 8
Issue: 2
Page No. 44 - 47

Effects of Paraquat on the Growth and Behaviour of Oreochromis niloticus

Authors : M.M. Babatunde and A.A. Oladimeji

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