Relationships between wetland ecotones and inshore water quality in the Ugandan coast of Lake Victoria

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 499-507

  Cózar, Andrés ^a   Bergamino, Nadia ^b   Mazzuoli, Stefania ^b   Azza, Nicholas ^c   Bracchini, Luca ^b   Dattilo, Arduino M ^b   Loiselle, Steven A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c Department of Water Resources Management ^*  (Uganda)

Author keywords

Inshore waters; Lake Victoria; Nitrogen phosphorous relationships; Phytoplankton; Water hyacinth; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; DENITRIFICATION; ECOTONE; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SHORE (NONMARINE); WATER QUALITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; CENTRAL PROVINCE [UGANDA]; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KAMPALA; KATONGA BAY; LAKE VICTORIA; MURCHISON BAY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

CYPERUS PAPYRUS; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

EID: 37349090419     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-007-9046-6     Document Type: Article

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