Observing changes in riparian buffer strip soil properties related to land use activities in the River Njoro Watershed, Kenya

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 218, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 587-601

  Enanga, E M ^a,b   Shivoga, W A ^a   Maina Gichaba, C ^b   Creed, I F ^c  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buffer strip; Kenya; Riparian area; River Njoro; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; BUFFER STRIP; BULK DENSITY; DIFFERENT LAND USE TYPES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; KENYA; NJORO WATERSHED; REFERENCE CONDITION; RIPARIAN AREA; RIPARIAN BUFFER STRIPS; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; SENSITIVE INDICATOR; SMALL SCALE; SOIL PHOSPHORUS; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL PROPERTY; USE AREAS;

AGRICULTURE; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

LAND USE;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BUFFER ZONE; BULK DENSITY; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMAN ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL PROPERTY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; KENYA; LAND USE; RIPARIAN SPECIES; RURAL AREA; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

KENYA; NJORO RIVER; RIFT VALLEY;

EID: 80053570905     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0670-z     Document Type: Article

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