| dc.creator | Sakana, Naomi | |
| dc.creator | Alvarez, Miguel | |
| dc.creator | Becker, M. | |
| dc.creator | Boehme, Beate | |
| dc.creator | Handa, Collins | |
| dc.creator | Kamiri, Wangechi | |
| dc.creator | Langensiepen, Matthias | |
| dc.creator | Menz, Gunter | |
| dc.creator | Misana, Salome B. | |
| dc.creator | Mogha, Neema G. | |
| dc.creator | Möseler, Bodo M. | |
| dc.creator | Mwita, Emiliana J. | |
| dc.creator | Oyieke, Helida | |
| dc.creator | Van Wijk, Mark | |
| dc.date | 2016-06-02T13:43:20Z | |
| dc.date | 2016-06-02T13:43:20Z | |
| dc.date | 2011 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-27T09:09:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-27T09:09:37Z | |
| dc.identifier | Sakané, N., Alvarez, M., Becker, M., Böhme, B., Handa, C., Kamiri, H.W., Langensiepen, M., Menz, G., Misana, S., Mogha, N.G. and Möseler, B.M., 2011. Classification, characterisation, and use of small wetlands in East Africa. Wetlands, 31(6), pp.1103-1116. | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2350 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.1007/s13157-011-0221-4 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2350 | |
| dc.description | Small wetlands in Kenya and Tanzania cover about 12 million ha and are increasingly converted for agricultural production. There is a need to provide guide-lines for their future protection or use, requiring their systematic classification and characterisation. Fifty-one wetlands were inventoried in 2008 in four contrasting sites, covering a surveyed total area of 484 km 2 . Each wetland was subdivided into sub-units of 0.5–458 ha based on the predominant land use. The biophysical and socio-economic attributes of the resulting 157 wetland sub-units were determined. The wetland sub-units were categorized using multivariate analyses into five major cluster groups. The main wetland categories comprised: (1) narrow permanent-ly flooded inland valleys that are largely unused; (2) wide permanently flooded inland valleys and highlands flood-plains under extensive use; (3) large inland valleys and lowland floodplains with seasonal flooding under medium use intensity; (4) completely drained wide inland valleys and highlands floodplains under intensive food crop production; and (5) narrow drained inland valleys under permanent horticultural production. The wetland types were associated with specific vegetation forms and soil attributes. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Springer Link | |
| dc.subject | Floodplain | |
| dc.subject | Inland valley | |
| dc.subject | Kenya | |
| dc.subject | Tanzania | |
| dc.subject | Wetland typology | |
| dc.title | Classification, Characterisation, and Use of Small Wetlands in East Africa | |
| dc.type | Journal Article, Peer Reviewed |
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