Litter input from riparian vegetation to streams: A case study of the Njoro River, Kenya

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 458, Issue , 2001, Pages 141-149

  Magana, Adiel E M ^a  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

CPOM; Lake Nakuru; Organic matter; Riparian vegetation; Tropical rivers

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FRUITS; RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; VEGETATION; WOOD;

LITTER INPUT;

HYDROLOGY;

ALLOCHTHON; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; LITTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STREAM;

KENYA;

PITTOSPORUM VIRIDIFLORUM; RHUS; RHUS NATALENSIS; RIPARIA; SYZYGIUM; SYZYGIUM CORDATUM; VANGUERIA EDULIS;

EID: 0035882970     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013165019112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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