Short-term variations in pelagic photosynthesis demand well-timed sampling to monitor long-term limnological changes in Lake Victoria

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 377, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 177-181

  Wanink, Jan H ^a,c   Kashindye, Jeremiah J ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lake Victoria; Oxygen; Pelagic photosynthesis; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031766259     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003200503866     Document Type: Article

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