Sediment-bound nutrient export from five small reservoir catchments and its implications for the Sudan savanna zone of Ghana

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-76

  Amegashie, Bright K ^a   Quansah, Charles ^a   Agyare, Wilson A ^a   Tamene, Lulseged ^b   Vlek, Paul L G ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b CIAT TSBF Chitedze Research Station   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catchment soils; Deposited sediment; Ghana; Nutrient export; Small reservoirs; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; RESERVOIR; SAVANNA; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL EROSION; WATER QUALITY;

GHANA;

EID: 79954987536     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2011.00459.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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