Journal of
Ecology and The Natural Environment

  • Abbreviation: J. Ecol. Nat. Environ.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9847
  • DOI: 10.5897/JENE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 408

Full Length Research Paper

Effect of heavy metals and physicochemical parameters on diversity of plants at a gold mine tailings dam in Ghana

Doku Emmanuel T.
  • Doku Emmanuel T.
  • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sunyani Technical University, Ghana.
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Belford Ebenezer J. D.
  • Belford Ebenezer J. D.
  • Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
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  •  Received: 13 April 2022
  •  Accepted: 20 July 2022
  •  Published: 31 December 2022

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