Motor vehicles: Are they emerging threats to Lake Victoria and its environment?

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 182, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 43-56

  Awange, Joseph L ^a   Obera, Benard ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Environment; Lake Victoria; Motor vehicle; Pollution; Water

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EUTROPHICATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PH EFFECTS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION;

LAKE VICTORIA; MOTOR VEHICLE;

WATER POLLUTION;

PHOSPHORUS; SOAP;

CORRELATION METHODS; EUTROPHICATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PH EFFECTS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AUTOMOBILE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LAKE POLLUTION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; RUNOFF; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MOTOR VEHICLE; SEDIMENTATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

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

PISCES;

EID: 34248361888     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9319-3     Document Type: Article

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