The contribution of aerosol- and water-borne nutrients to the functioning of the Okavango Delta ecosystem, Botswana

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 223-229

  Garstang, M ^a,d   Ellery, W N ^b   McCarthy, T S ^a   Scholes, M C ^a   Scholes, R J ^c   Swap, R J ^a,d   Tyson, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE;

BOTSWANA; OKAVANGO DELTA;

EID: 0031875808     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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