Water velocity as a control of aquatic snails in concrete canal systems for irrigation

Aquatic snails are the intermediate hosts of the disease schistosomiasis. Irrigation schemes have often provided a favourable habitat for these snails, but rapidly flowing water will carry them away. The research established 23 stations in irrigation canals and monitored snail numbers and water velo...

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Main Author: Howard Jones
Format: Default Thesis
Published: 1993
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/11708
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