An initial assessment of the use of wetland plants as substrates for periphyton production in seasonal wetland fishponds in Uganda

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-74

  Kaggwa, Rose C ^a   Kasule, Debi ^b   van Dam, A A ^b   Kansiime, F ^c  

^a National Water and Sewerage Corporation   (Uganda)

^b Makerere University Institute of Environment and Natural Resources ^*  (Netherlands)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Fingerponds; Periphyton; Plant frames; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GREEN ALGA; PERIPHYTON; POND; WETLAND;

CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYPERUS; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES MAURITIANUS; RAPHIA FARINIFERA;

EID: 33745049166     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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