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   Joint action toxicity of spent lubrication oil and laundry detergent against Poecilia reticulata (Telostei: Poeciliidae)

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: AdebayoA Otitoloju

   Single and joint action bioassays using spent lubrication oil, laundry detergent and a mixture of both (based on a 1:1 ratio of their 96h LC50 values) against the guppy Poecilia reticulata were carried out. On the basis of 96h mortality...

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   First record of freshwater fish on the Cape Verdean archipelago

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Kay Lucek --- Institute for Ecology & Evolution, Division of Aquatic Ecology & Macroevolution, University of Bern, Switzerland Mélissa Lemoine --- Institute for Ecology & Evolution, Division of Evolutionary Ecology, University of Bern, Switzerland

   The Cape Verdean islands form a distinct aquatic freshwater ecoregion characterized mainly by temporal water bodies with an adapted invertebrate community. Freshwater fish were not previously recorded from the archipelago. During a non-exhaustive survey of freshwater bodies on five islands...

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