Impact of soil erosion in disturbed tributary drainages on the benthic invertebrate fauna of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa

Biological Conservation

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-109

  Eggermont, Hilde ^a   Verschuren, Dirk ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; Chironomidae; Lake conservation; Lake Tanganyika; Sediment pollution; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; LAKE TANGANYIKA;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0038348523     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00353-1     Document Type: Article

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