On the limnology of Lake Baringo (Kenya): I.temporal physico-chemical dynamics

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 506-509, Issue , 2003, Pages 121-127

  Oduor, S O ^a   Schagerl, M ^b   Mathooko, J M ^a  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b Inst of Ecol and Conserv Biology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ions; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Polymictic; Tropical shallow lake

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

LIMNOLOGY;

LAKES;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIMNOLOGY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; STRATIFICATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; LAKE BARINGO; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0347122977     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000008563.00000.18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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