International Journal of
Fisheries and Aquaculture

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Fish. Aquac.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9839
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJFA
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 234

Full Length Research Paper

Zooplankton communities as an indicator of ecosystem productivity in Lake Tinishu Abaya, Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Yirga Enawgaw
  • Yirga Enawgaw
  • Department of Zoological Sciences, College of Natural and Computational Science, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Brook Lemma
  • Brook Lemma
  • Department of Zoological Sciences, College of Natural and Computational Science, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 08 March 2018
  •  Accepted: 17 April 2018
  •  Published: 31 May 2018

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