Loading of solute and suspended solids from rural catchment areas flowing into Lake Victoria in Uganda

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2776-2786

  Lindenschmidt, K E ^a   Suhr, M ^b   Magumba, M K ^c   Hecky, R E ^d   Bugenyi, F W B ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^c National Fisheries Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lake Victoria; Nutrients; Solute loading; Streams; Suspended solids; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EROSION; EXTRAPOLATION; IONS; LAND USE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STREAM FLOW; WATER ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

LAKE VICTORIA; RURAL CATCHMENT AREAS; SOLUTE LOADING; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; UGANDA;

LAKE POLLUTION;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN;

CATCHMENT; NUTRIENT; RURAL AREA; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED LOAD;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UGANDA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

LAKE VICTORIA; UGANDA;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0032171204     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00027-X     Document Type: Article

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