Limnological and ecological characteristics of tropical highland reservoirs in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 610, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 193-209

  Dejenie, Tadesse ^a,b   Asmelash, Tsehaye ^a,c   De Meester, Luc ^b   Mulugeta, Afework ^a   Gebrekidan, Abreha ^a   Risch, Sarah ^b   Pals, Annemie ^b   Van Der Gucht, Katleen ^c   Vyverman, Wim ^c   Nyssen, Jan ^a,c   Deckers, Jozef ^b   Declerck, Steven ^b  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Daphnia; Ethiopia; Garra; Reservoir; Tigray; Tropical highland; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; AGRICULTURE; ALGAE CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CORRELATION METHODS; CURING; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; DRYING; ECOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; FOOD PROCESSING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NONMETALS; NUTRIENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICS; OXYGEN; PEST CONTROL; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; POTABLE WATER; RANDOM VARIABLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; REUSABILITY; STEEL ANALYSIS; TRANSPARENCY; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; ADDED VALUES; ASSOCIATION PATTERNS; BOTTOM-UP; BUSINESS MEDIA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAPHNIA; DRY SEASONS; ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHIOPIA; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); MACROPHYTES; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS (MVA); NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEMI ARID; SMALL RESERVOIRS; SPRINGER (CO); SUBMERGED VEGETATION; SUSPENDED MATTER (SPM); SYSTEMATIC (CO); TOP DOWN CONTROL; TOP-DOWN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS (TR); WATER TRANSPARENCY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL A; CRUSTACEAN; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRINKING; ECOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; IRRIGATION; LIMNOLOGY; LIVESTOCK; MACROPHYTE; MORPHOMETRY; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESERVOIR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; UPLAND REGION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TIGRAY;

CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA; GARRA;

EID: 46749136346     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9435-8     Document Type: Article

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