Seasonal variation in primary production of a large high altitude tropical lake (Lake Tana, Ethiopia): Effects of nutrient availability and water transparency

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-207

  Wondie, Ayalew ^a   Mengistu, Seyoum ^a   Vijverberg, Jacobus ^b   Dejen, Eshete ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c Bahir Dar Fisheries and Other Aquatic Life Research Center   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Chlorophyll a; Euphotic depth; Mixing depth; Silt load; Tropical limnology

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEPTH DETERMINATION; FOOD CHAIN; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIMNOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILT; TRANSPARENCY; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER COLUMN;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; LAKE TANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 34447627653     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9080-8     Document Type: Article

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