Observations on blue‐green algal blooms in the open waters of Lake Victoria, Kenya

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 23-34

  OCHUMBA, PETER B O ^a   KIBAARA, DAVID I ^a  

^a KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOM; BLUE-GREEN ALGAE;

KENYA, LAKE VICTORIA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS SP.; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM; VICTORIA;

EID: 0024885176     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1989.tb00925.x     Document Type: Article

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