Swamps, springs and diatoms: Wetlands of the semi-arid Bogoria-Baringo Rift, Kenya

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 518, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 59-78

  Owen, R B ^a   Renaut, R W ^b   Hover, V C ^c   Ashley, G M ^d   Muasya, A M ^e  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bogoria; Diatoms; Kenya; Lakes; Swamps; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITRATES; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SILICON;

DIATOMS; SPRINGS; SWAMPS;

WETLANDS;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SWAMP; WETLAND;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANOMOEONEIS SPHAEROPHORA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRATICULA CUSPIDATA; CYPERUS; CYPERUS LAEVIGATUS; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; FRAGILARIA; FRAGILARIA BREVISTRIATA; GIBBERULA; GOMPHONEMA; GOMPHONEMA PARVULUM; NAVICULA; NAVICULA CRYPTOTENELLA; NAVICULA TENELLOIDES; NITZSCHIA; NITZSCHIA COMMUNIS; NITZSCHIA SIGMA; RHOPALODIA; RHOPALODIA GIBBERULA; STAURONEIS; STAURONEIS ANCEPS; TYPHA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 3442886048     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000025057.62967.2c     Document Type: Article

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