Biodiversity characteristics of small high-altitude tropical man-made reservoirs in the Eastern Rift Valley, Kenya

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-12

  Mwaura, Francis ^a   Mavuti, Kenneth M ^a   Wamicha, Wellington N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Birds; Phytoplankton; Reservoirs; Resource management; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESERVOIR; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

KENYA; RIFT VALLEY;

ALGAE; ANABAENA; ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER SP.; ARDEA; ARDEA MELANOCEPHALA; AVES; BOTRYOCOCCUS; BRACHIONUS; CHLOROPHYTA; COSMARIUM; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; EGRETTA; EGRETTA GARZETTA; INVERTEBRATA; KERATELLA; LUMBRICULIDAE; PROTOZOA; RALLIDAE; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0036076612     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1770.2002.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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