The effect of wastewater discharge on biomass production and nutrient content of Cyperus papyrus and Miscanthidium violaceum in the Nakivubo wetland, Kampala, Uganda

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 233-240

  Kansiime, F ^a   Nalubega, M ^a   Van Bruggen, J J A ^b   Denny, P ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Miscanthidium; Nutrient content; Papyrus

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CORRELATION METHODS; HARVESTING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

NUTRIENTS;

WASTEWATER;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOMANIPULATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYPERUS; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT LOADING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT NUTRIENT; PRODUCTIVITY; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; UGANDA; VEGETATION; WASTE WATER; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

CYPERUS; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; MISCANTHIDIUM VIOLACEUM;

EID: 0242721291     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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