Ecohydrology-based planning as a solution to address an emerging water crisis in the serengeti ecosystem and lake Victoria

River Ecosystems: Dynamics, Management and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 233-258

  Mnaya, Bakari ^a   Kiwango, Yustina ^b   Gereta, Emmanuel ^a,c   Wolanski, Eric ^d  

^a Tanzania National Parks   (Tanzania)

^b TANAPA   (Tanzania)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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