International Journal of
Biodiversity and Conservation

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-243X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJBC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 679

Full Length Research Paper

Assessment of downstream impact of Bahir Dar tannery effluent on the head of Blue Nile River using macroinvertebrates as bioindicators

Assefa Wosnie
  • Assefa Wosnie
  • Dilla University, P O Box 419, Dilla, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
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Ayalew Wondie
  • Ayalew Wondie
  • Bahir Dar University, P.O Box 79, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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  •  Received: 25 October 2013
  •  Accepted: 11 March 2014
  •  Published: 30 April 2014

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