Biodiversity of an interface zone of a nutrient-deficient lake (Nabugabo) in Uganda: Macrophytes

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-134

  Kateyo, Eliezer M ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Euhydrophyte; Macrophyte; Nabugabo; Sphagnum swamp

Indexed keywords

ANION; BIODIVERSITY; CATION; HERB; INTERFACE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; MOSS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SWAMP;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE NABUGABO; LAKE VICTORIA; SOUTH BUGANDA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

BRYOPHYTA; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; CYPERUS; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; LILIUM; MISCANTHIDIUM; MISCANTHIDIUM VIOLACEUM; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEA CAERULEA; NYMPHAEA LOTUS; SPHAGNUM; UTRICULARIA; VOSSIA CUSPIDATA;

EID: 34248654876     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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