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Annotated Bibliography On Irrigation And Drainage In Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1988)
This annotated bibliography lists 642 works (with abstracts) on irrigation and drainage in Kenya, from 1970-1988. A geographical and a subject index are included.
Primary production of a grassland in Nairobi National Park, Keny
(University of Nairobi, 1986)
(1) Net aerial primary production of a grassland in Nairobi National Park was
estimated using the harvest method in conjunction with estimates of mortality in the three
most abundant grass species.
(2) As a result of ...
Seasonal dynamics of suspended-sediment plumes from the Tana and Sabaki Rivers, Kenya: Analysis of landsat imagery
(University of Nairobi, 1984)
Landsat imagery of the Kenya coast, in conjunction with meteorological, oceanographic, and river discharge data, was used to analyze coastal movement of suspended sediment from the Tana and Sabaki Rivers. The distribution ...
Radiation Measurements Mount Kenya, At Lewis Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1980)
ABSTRACT.
Short- and long-wave radiation on variously oriented vertical surfaces, direct solar radiation,
global radiation, and long-wave radiation on a horizontal surface were measured on Lewis Glacier, Mount
Kenya, ...
A newly found jet in North Kenya (Turkana Channel)
(University of Nairobi, 1982-11)
On the basis of recent pilot balloon observations which have become available in northern Kenya, it is shown that there exists a strong southeasterly low-level jet in the Turkana Channel which separates the Ethiopian ...
Biochemical identification of Phlebotomus (Larroussius) pedifer and Phlebotomus (Larroussius) elegonensis
(1989)
Females of the vector of Leishmania aerhiopica, Phlebotomus pedifer. have previously been morphologically
indistinguishable from the non-vector. P. elegonensis. The present studies have biochemically separated these two ...
The distribution and economic importance of the mangrove forests in Kenya
(1985)
The mangroves form a group of higher plants which form a unique ecosystem, in that they grow in that part of land which is neither in demand for human settlement nor for agricultural use. They are also unique in their ...
Distribution of Cr, Pb, Cd, Zn, Fe and Mn in lake Victoria sediments, East Africa
(1989)
The presence of many metals at trace or ultra-trace levels in the human environment has received increased global attention. Sediments as a sink for pollutants are widely recognized pollution sources and diagenesis and ...
Ontogeny Of Water Snake Foraging Ecology
(University of Nairobi,, 1982)
Using an index of relative importance we analyzed the stomach contents of over 300
water snakes (Nerodia spp.). Ontogenetic changes in prey consumption are most striking in Nerodia
erythrogaster (number with food in gut ...
Differences in daily life between semiprovisioned and wild-feeding baboons.
(University of Nairobi, 1988)
Activity budgets and social aspects of feeding, among the adult females in
a group of semiprovisioned baboons that fed from a garbage dump were
compared with those of adjacent wild-feeding groups in Amboseli National
Park, ...