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- Title
Variations in coarse particulate organic matter in relation to anthropogenic trampling on the banks of the Njoro River, Kenya.
- Authors
M'Erimba, Charles Mwithali; Mathooko, Jude Mutuku; Leichtfried, Maria
- Abstract
The article discusses the study on the effect of trampling by humans and livestock on the amounts of coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM) on the banks of the Njoro River in Kenya. The amount of organic matter on the banks of the study sites was measured by collecting five random samples on the right and left side of the banks for six months. The results indicated that physical trampling by people and animals could decreased the amounts of CPOM content on the banks. It was determined that short nonrandom and multidirectional movements of CPOM were caused by anthropogenic trampling.
- Subjects
NJORO (Kenya); KENYA; ANTHROPOGENIC effects on nature; TRAMPLING; ORGANIC compounds; BIOMASS; BIOTIC communities; RIPARIAN areas; RIVERS
- Publication
African Journal of Ecology, 2006, Vol 44, Issue 2, p282
- ISSN
0141-6707
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00627.x