PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS AND MACROINVERTEBRATE FUNCTIONAL FEEDING GROUPS IN RIVER CHANCHAGA, MINNA, NIGER STATE
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Water is necessary for human survival. This well-recognized fact is the basis for the emerging view of basic human water needs as a human right to water (Glieck, 1998; Cunha, 2009). Rivers are among the most-threatened ecological systems of the globe (Arimoro and Keke, 2016; Edegbene et al., 2020). Freshwater bodies in the tropics are recognised as important resources for global biodiversity ...
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