Temporal changes in phytoplankton structure and composition at the Turkwel Gorge Reservoir, Kenya

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 368, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 41-59

  Kotut, Kiplagat ^a   Krienitz, Lothar ^b   Muthuri, Francis M ^a  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversity; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Reservoir; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESERVOIR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

KENYA;

EID: 0031667171     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003204922510     Document Type: Article

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