A simulation model for nitrogen retention in a papyrus wetland near Lake Victoria, Uganda (East Africa)

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 469-480

  Van Dam, A A ^a   Dardona, A ^a   Kelderman, P ^a   Kansiime, F ^b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Buffering capacity; Lake Victoria; Modelling; Nitrogen; Nitrogen retention; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMASS; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RETENTION; SLUDGE; WETLAND;

AFRICA; CENTRAL PROVINCE [UGANDA]; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KIRINYA WETLAND; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

CYPERUS PAPYRUS;

EID: 37349054346     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-007-9047-5     Document Type: Article

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