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

Growth patterns and Fulton’s condition factor of the silver catfish Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Claroteidae) from a sand-dragged man-made lake of Benin

Alphonse Adite
  • Alphonse Adite
  • Laboratoire d’Ecologie et de Management des Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (LEMEA), Département de Zoologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, BP 526 Cotonou, Bénin.
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Houehanou Megnisse A. G. Gbaguidi
  • Houehanou Megnisse A. G. Gbaguidi
  • Laboratoire d’Ecologie et de Management des Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (LEMEA), Département de Zoologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, BP 526 Cotonou, Bénin.
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Moudachirou Ibikounle
  • Moudachirou Ibikounle
  • Laboratoire de Parasitologie et d’Ecologie Parasitaire, Département de Zoologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, BP 526 Cotonou, Bénin.
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  •  Received: 12 April 2017
  •  Accepted: 01 June 2017
  •  Published: 06 July 2017

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