Sources and fluxes of organic carbon in Lake Malawi/Nyasa

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages 107-120

  Ramlal, Patricia S ^a,c   Hecky, Robert E ^a   Bootsma, Harvey A ^b   Schiff, Sherry L ^a   Kingdon, Murray J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; Lake Malawi; Organic carbon; Tropical lakes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALGAE; CARBON; DEFORESTATION; MASS TRANSFER; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATERSHEDS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); DRY ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION;

LAKES;

CARBON FLUX; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALGAE;

EID: 2042497123     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(03)70542-5     Document Type: Article

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