African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6863

Full Length Research Paper

Straminipiles fungi growing on the alevins of the Nile tilapia in limnologically and trophically different water bodies

Bazyli Czeczuga
  • Bazyli Czeczuga
  • Department of General Biology, Medical University of Bialystok, Mickiewicza 2C, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland.
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Adrianna Semeniuk
  • Adrianna Semeniuk
  • Department of General Biology, Medical University of Bialystok, Mickiewicza 2C, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland.
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Ewa Czeczuga-Semeniuk
  • Ewa Czeczuga-Semeniuk
  • Department of General Biology, Medical University of Bialystok, Mickiewicza 2C, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland.
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  •  Received: 04 April 2013
  •  Accepted: 09 May 2013
  •  Published: 05 May 2014

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