Scale-dependent effects of rural activities on benthic macroinvertebrates and physico-chemical characteristics in headwater streams of the Mara River, Kenya

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 116-122

  Minaya, Veronica ^a   McClain, Michael E ^a,b   Moog, Otto ^c   Omengo, Fred ^a   Singer, Gabriel A ^d  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bioindication; Catchment scale; Human pressure; Macroinvertebrates; Mau Forest; Reach scale; Scale dependency; Tropical streams

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATION; CATCHMENT SCALE; HUMAN PRESSURES; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MAU FOREST; REACH SCALE; SCALE-DEPENDENCY; TROPICAL STREAMS;

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; STREAM FLOW; TURBIDITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RUNOFF;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; HEADWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; STREAM; TAXONOMY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; LAND USE; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; TURBIDITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

KENYA; MARA BASIN; MAU FOREST; RIFT VALLEY;

EID: 84876206241     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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