Nutrient budget in the seasonal wetland of the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-267

  Krah, Martin ^a,c   McCarthy, Terence S ^b   Huntsman Mapila, Philippa ^a   Wolski, Piotr ^a   Annegarn, Harold ^b,d   Sethebe, Keaboletse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c ZLB Behring GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dust deposition; Nutrient transport; Okavango Delta; Soil surface; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; FLOODPLAIN; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHOSPHORUS; SWAMP; WETLAND;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33744492847     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-005-1115-0     Document Type: Article

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