Retention of coarse particulate organic matter on the sediments of Njoro River, Kenya

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 414-426

  Magana, Adiel Micheni ^a   Bretschko, Gernot ^b  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b Biologische Station   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allochthonous CPOM; BOM; Retention; Tropical rivers

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RETENTION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

KENYA; NJORO RIVER;

RIPARIA; SYZYGIUM; SYZYGIUM CORDATUM;

EID: 0042208356     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200390035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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