Seasonal and interannual particle export in an African rift valley lake: A 5-yr record from Lake Malawi, southern East Africa

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 964-977

  Pilskaln, Cynthia H ^a  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANNUAL VARIATION; DIATOM; HYPOLIMNION; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRAP;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALGAE; AULACOSEIRA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; STEPHANODISCUS;

EID: 3843088253     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.4.0964     Document Type: Article

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