The influence of wetlands, decaying organic matter, and stirring by wildlife on the dissolved oxygen concentration in eutrophicated water holes in the Seronera River, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 421-425

  Mnaya, Bakari ^a   Mwangomo, Ephraim ^b   Wolanski, Eric ^c  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tanzania National Parks   (Tanzania)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Decaying organic matter; Dissolved oxygen; Mechanical aeration; Photosynthesis; Respiration

Indexed keywords

AERATION; ALGA; ANIMAL COMMUNITY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; WETLAND;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK; SERONERA RIVER; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 33748306061     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-006-6252-6     Document Type: Article

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