African Journal of
Environmental Science and Technology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0786
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJEST
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 1128

Full Length Research Paper

Spatio-temporal Variations of Abundance, Biomass, and Reproductive Parameters of Pseudodiaptomus hessei (Mrazek, 1895) (Copepoda Calanoida) in a West African Coastal Lagoon (Grand-Lahou, Côte d’Ivoire)

Raphael N?doua Etile*
  • Raphael N?doua Etile*
  • Laboratoire d?Hydrobiologie, UFR Biosciences, Universite Felix HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY de Cocody-Abidjan, 22 BP 582, Abidjan, COte d?Ivoire.
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Silvain Stanislas Yao
  • Silvain Stanislas Yao
  • Laboratoire d?Hydrobiologie, UFR Biosciences, Universite Felix HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY de Cocody-Abidjan, 22 BP 582, Abidjan, COte d?Ivoire.
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Georges Kassi Blahoua
  • Georges Kassi Blahoua
  • Laboratoire d?Hydrobiologie, UFR Biosciences, Universite Felix HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY de Cocody-Abidjan, 22 BP 582, Abidjan, COte d?Ivoire.
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Valentin N?douba
  • Valentin N?douba
  • Laboratoire d?Hydrobiologie, UFR Biosciences, Universite Felix HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY de Cocody-Abidjan, 22 BP 582, Abidjan, COte d?Ivoire.
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  •  Received: 20 June 2015
  •  Accepted: 19 August 2015
  •  Published: 30 August 2015

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