Variability in factors causing light attenuation in Lake Victoria

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 535-545

  Loiselle, Steven A ^a   Azza, Nicholas ^b   Cózar, Andres ^c   Bracchini, Luca ^a   Tognazzi, Antonio ^a   Dattilo, Arduino ^a   Rossi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lake Victoria; Physical environment; Physical habitat modelling; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649122374     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01918.x     Document Type: Article

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