Distributional patterns of diatoms and Limnodrilus oligochaetes in a kenyan dry streambed following the 1999-2000 drought conditions

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-200

  Mathooko, Jude M ^a   Mpawenayo, Balthazar ^a   Kipkemboi, Julius K ^a   M'erimba, Charles M ^a  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Algae; Invertebrates; Natural disturbance; Rewetting; Tropical stream; Vertical dispersion

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; ANNELIDA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COCCONEIS PLACENTULA; FRAGILARIA; FRAGILARIA ULNA; INVERTEBRATA; LIMNODRILUS; NITZSCHIA AMPHIBIA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 20444462434     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200310708     Document Type: Article

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