Water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) solms-laubach dynamics and succession in the nyanza gulf of Lake Victoria (East Africa): Implications for water quality and biodiversity conservation

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gichuki, John ^a,b   Omondi, Reuben ^a   Boera, Priscillar ^a   Okorut, Tom ^c   Matano, Ally Said ^c   Jembe, Tsuma ^a   Ofulla, Ayub ^d  

^a KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b Big Valley Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians   (United States)

^c Lake Victoria Basin Commission   (Kenya)

^d MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; FRESH WATER;

AFRICA; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; CELL ANCHORAGE; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; GRASS; HARVESTING; INDUSTRY; INFESTATION; IPOMOEA; MACROPHYTE; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT LOADING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; EICHHORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; ENYDRA; IPOMOEA AQUATICA; VOSSIA CUSPIDATA;

AFRICA, EASTERN; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EICHHORNIA; FRESH WATER;

EID: 84861058490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/106429     Document Type: Article

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