How do floating aquatic weeds affect wetland conservation and development? How can these effects be minimised?

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-225

  Howard, G W ^a   Harley, K L S ^b  

^a IUCN Eastern Africa Regional Office   (Kenya)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC MACROPHYTE; KARIBA WEED; WATER HYACINTH; WATER LETTUCE; WEED; WETLAND CONSERVATION;

EID: 0031350172     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008209207736     Document Type: Article

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