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| The use of stable carbon isotopes as tracers of ecosystem functioning in contrasting wetland ecosystems of Lake Victoria, Kenya |  |
| Gichuki, J.; Triest, L.; Dehairs, F. (2001). The use of stable carbon isotopes as tracers of ecosystem functioning in contrasting wetland ecosystems of Lake Victoria, Kenya Hydrobiologia 458(1-3): 91-97. dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1013188229590 |
| In: Hydrobiologia. Springer: Berlin. ISSN 0018-8158, meer |
| Ook gepubliceerd als |
- Gichuki, J.; Triest, L.; Dehairs, F. (2001). The use of stable carbon isotopes as tracers of ecosystem functioning in contrasting wetland ecosystems of Lake Victoria, Kenya, in: (2001). VLIZ Coll. Rep. 31(2001). VLIZ Collected Reprints: Marine and Coastal Research in Flanders, 31: pp. chapter 35 [Subsequent publication], meer
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Carbon 13; Ecosystemen; Isotopen; Koolfstof; Koolstof isotopen; Meren; Moeraslanden; Rivieren; Sedimentanalyse; Sedimenten; Waterplanten; Cyperus papyrus; Eichhornia crassipes; Africa, Victoria L. [gazetteer]; Kenia [gazetteer]; Kenya, Victoria L. [gazetteer]; Tanzania, Victoria L. [gazetteer]; Uganda, Victoria L. [gazetteer]; Zoet water |
| Author keywords |
stable carbon isotopes; tracers; ecosystem functioning; Lake Victoria |
| Abstract |
Aquatic macrophytes and sediments from two contrasting wetland ecosystems of Lake Victoria, Kenya (Lower Sondu Miriu and Kibos systems) were analyzed for their stable carbon isotopic composition in order to observe patterns in system functioning in these two ecosystems. The aquatic macrophytes had carbon isotope ratios ranging from –8.92 to –29.18 per mil (parts per thousand difference from the reference). For the dominant macrophytes, we observed most 13C enriched values for Cyperus papyrus and most 13C depleted values for Eichhornia crassipes. On transects from the river to the lake, Kibos sediments maintained lower carbon isotope signatures compared to the Lower Sondu Miriu sediments. The possible causes of the observed variation in the 13C signatures from sediments and aquatic macrophytes in the two-wetland ecosystems are outlined. |
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