An analysis of plant species distributions on the floodplain of the okavango river, namibia, with respect to impacts of possible water abstraction

African Journal of Aquatic Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-129

  Diederichs, N J ^a   Ellery, W N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Floodplain wetlands; Fluvial disturbance; Okavango river; Water abstraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015680054     PISSN: 16085914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085910109503733     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Bethune S (1991) Kavango River Wetlands. Madoqua 17: 77-112.
2. Gosselink JG and Turner RE (1978) The Role of Hydrology in Freshwater Wetland Ecosystems. In Good RE, Whigham DF and Simpson RL (eds) Freshwater Wetlands. Ecological Processes and Management Potential. Academic Press, New York. pp 63-78.
3. Hupp CR and Osterkamp WR (1985) Bottomland Vegetation Distribution along Passage Creek, Virginia, in relation to Fluvial Landforms. Ecology 6: 670-681.
4. Jongman RHG, Ter Braak CJF and Van Tongeren OFR (1995) Data Analysis in Community and Landscape Ecology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
5. McCarthy TS, Rogers KH, Stanistreet IG, Ellery WN, Cairncross B and Ellery K (1988) Features of the channel margins of the Okavango Delta. Palaeoecology of Africa 19: 3-14.
6. Mitsch WJ and Gosselink JG (1993) Wetlands. 2nd edn. Van Nostrand and Reinhold Company Inc., New York.
7. Mueller-Dombois D and Ellenberg H (1974) Aims and Methods of Vegetation Ecology. John Wiley, Toronto.
8. O'Keeffe JH, Davies BR, King JM and Skelton PH (1989) The conservation status of southern African rivers. In Huntley BJ (ed.) Biotic Diversity in southern Africa. Oxford University Press, Cape Town, pp 266-289.
9. Rogers KH (1985) Riparian Wetlands. In Cowan GI (ed.) Wetlands of South Africa. Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Pretoria.
10. Smith PA (1976) An outline of the vegetation of the Okavango drainage system. In Proceedings: Symposium on the Okavango Delta. Botswana Society, Gaborone, pp 93-112.
11. Wilson BH and Dincer T (1976) An Introduction to the hydrology and hydrography of the Okavango Delta. In Proceedings: Symposium on the Okavango Delta. Botswana Society, Gaborone, pp 33-47.