The use of stable carbon isotopes as tracers of ecosystem functioning in contrasting wetland ecosystems of Lake Victoria, Kenya

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 458, Issue , 2001, Pages 91-97

  Gichuki, J ^a,b   Triest, L ^b   Dehairs, F ^b  

^a KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ecosystem functioning; Lake Victoria; Stable carbon isotopes; Tracers

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

MACROPHYTES;

HYDROLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; TRACER; WETLAND;

KENYA;

CYPERUS PAPYRUS; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0035882968     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013188229590     Document Type: Conference Paper

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