Distribution and origin of suspended matter and organic carbon pools in the Tana River Basin, Kenya

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2905-2920

  Tamooh, F ^a,b   Van Den Meersche, K ^c,d   Meysman, F ^c,d   Marwick, T R ^a   Borges, A V ^e   Merckx, R ^a   Dehairs, F ^c   Schmidt, S ^f   Nyunja, J ^b   Bouillon, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL EROSION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RESUSPENSION; SEA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUSPENDED LOAD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

KENYA; TANA RIVER [KENYA];

EID: 84864691682     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-2905-2012     Document Type: Article

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