Buffering performance in a papyrus-dominated wetland system of the kenyan portion of the lake victoria basin

Wastewater Treatment, Plant Dynamics and Management in Constructed and Natural Wetlands

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 33-38

  Bavor, Herbert John ^a   Waters, Michael Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Ethiopian Roads Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buffering kenya; Lake victoria; Nutrients; Papyrus; Runoff; Surface flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 77549087999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8235-1_4     Document Type: Chapter

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