Phytoplankton community relationship to environmental variables in three Kenyan Rift Valley saline-alkaline lakes

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-136

  Schagerl, Michael ^a   Oduor, S O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biomass; Community; Diversity; Phytoplankton; Saline alkaline; Soda lake

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALKALINITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; LIGHT ATTENUATION; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIFT ZONE; SALINE LAKE; SILICA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER LEVEL;

ARTHROSPIRA FUSIFORMIS; ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BOGORIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 39749168440     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF07095     Document Type: Article

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