RESEARCH ARTICLES

Agriculture and Biological Sciences

Feeding behaviour of Epiplatys Senegalensis (Pisces: Cyprinodontiformes;

Cyprinodontidea)

C.B. NDOME and R. VICTOR 

597

Microbiological and Physicochemical analysis of African yam bean Moi Moi stored at

room and refrigeration temperatures

D. O. DOSUNMU and H. O. NJOKU 

605

Effects of heat-treated cowpea on Callosobruchus amculatus infestation

D. T. GANGULA, M. Y. JADA and K. KAYANDACHA 

613

Preliminary investigation on the effects of paw paw peel meal on growth visceral organ 

and endocrine gland weights testicular morphometry and haematology of male rabbits

I. I. BITTO and M. GEMADE 

621

Antifertility effects of momordica charnatia (bitter gourd) fruit on the gonads of male 

guinea pigs

P. UDOH, C. O. JENIKOH and F. UDOH 

627

The development, production and quality evaluation of cake made from cooking flour

T. A. ADENIJI and C. E. EMPERE 

633

Occurrences of trace metals in Penaeus natialis (Decapoda: Penaedae) from Brass river

System of the Niger delta, Nigeria

S. S. OVURU and J. F. ALFRED-OCKIYA 

637 

Assessment of stocking densities on the performance, behaviour and carcass

characteristics of broiler chickens in humid tropics 

S. A. OFFIONG, E. S. BAMIGBOYE and O.O. OYEBIYI 

641

Flowering and fruiting periodicity of some tree species in South-Eastern Nigerian moist

forest

M. C. DIKE 

647

Bacteria causing spoilage of beef in meat shops in Jos main market, Nigeria 

E. O. EJEIKWU and L. S. DANAHAP 

655

The effects of physical modification on the macrozoobenthos population and fish 

biomass of a partially regulate alpine brook in Austria, during summer

C. B. NDOME and E. KAINZ 

661

Chemical Sciences

Photochemical study on nickel hydroxy azide through benzene filter

I. I. ROM 

671 

The compositional changes in high temperature oxidation of mineral and synthetic lubricants

A. E. EKOT and G. C. OFUNNE 

677

Earth Sciences

Mineralogy of the clay components of the Mfamosing limestone, SE Nigeria

N. ESSIEN and A. E. EDET 

683

Spectral signature of shallow groundwater in the basement complex rocks of Wudil area

(sheet 81)

A. E. BALA 

689

Laboratory measurement and inversion of the 2-dimensional geoelectric response of a 

Hydrocarbon impacted sand formation

M. O. OLORUFEMI, A. I. OLAYINKA and F. O. AKINLUYI 

695

A geoelectric investigation for ground water development of Orita-Obele area, near Akure

SW Nigeria

A. O. ADELUSI and O. BALOGUN 

707

Mineralogy and diagenesis of the Mfamosing limestone, SE Nigeria

N. ESSEIN and A. E. EDET 

719

Engineering

Influence of compaction delay on some characteristics of lateritic soils stabilized with 

cement kiln dust

F. F. UDOEYO and M. A. ABUBAKAR 

727

Investigation of the conditioning potential of Canavalia Ensiformis (Jack bean seed) 

R. A. M. EZE 

733

Design, Construction and evaluation of a simple radiation monitor for protection of patients 

against diagnostic and therapeutic radiation hazards 

J. A. AKINTUNDE and O. A. OLUBISI 

737