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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): M. Garstang; W. N. Ellery; T. S. McCarthy; M. C. Scholes; R. J. Scholes; R. J. Swap; P. D. Tyson
Publication Date: 1998

Examines the role of water- and air-borne sediments and nutrients in the nearly closed system of the Okavango River Delta in Botswana. Hydrology of the Okavango Delta; Variability in papyrus productivity on the channel fringes and in the backswamp areas; Nutrient dynamics; Plant productivity and uptake rates; Mineralization of nitrogen and phosphorus from peat.

Citation: Garstang, M., W. N. Ellery, T. S. McCarthy, M. C. Scholes, R. J. Scholes, R. J. Swap, and P. D. Tyson. 1998. The contribution of aerosol- and water-borne nutrients to the functioning of the Okavango Delta ecosystem, Botswana. South African Journal of Science, v. 94, no. 5, p. 223-229.

Cataloging Information

Topics:
Fire Occurrence    Aquatic
Regions:
International
Keywords:
  • aerosols
  • Africa
  • air quality
  • Botswana
  • ecosystem dynamics
  • fire management
  • nitrogen
  • nutrient cycling
  • phosphorus
  • plant nutrients
  • rivers
  • water quality
  • watershed management
  • wetlands
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 29298 • Location Status: Not in file • Call Number: Available • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 52226

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