Floating mats: Their occurrence and influence on shoreline distribution of emergent vegetation

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1286-1297

  Azza, Nicholas ^a   Denny, Patrick ^b   Van De Koppel, Johan ^c   Kansiime, Frank ^d  

^a Department of Water Resources Management ^*  (Uganda)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Emergent vegetation; Floating mats; Lake level fluctuation; Lake Victoria; Wave exposure

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAKE LEVEL; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; SHORELINE; VEGETATION; WATER LEVEL; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 33745074063     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01565.x     Document Type: Article

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