Leaf litter processing rates in a Kenyan highland stream, the Njoro River

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 519, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 207-210

  Dobson, Michael ^a   Mathooko, Jude M ^b   Ndegwa, Fidensio K ^b,c   M'Erimba, Charles ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Detritus breakdown; Dombeya; k values; Pittosporum; Rhus; Syzygium; Vanguera

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; SURFACE WATERS;

INVERTEBRATES; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIVER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DOMBEYA; HEDERA; INVERTEBRATA; PITTOSPORUM; RHUS; RIPARIA; SYZYGIUM;

EID: 3442894849     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000026592.50734.ea     Document Type: Article

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