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Particulate Organic Matter (POM) in the Humid and Wet Zones of the Ellegirini River, Kenya
Author(s) -
Mwithali M'Erimba Charles,
Leichtfried Maria,
Mutuku Mathooko Jude
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international review of hydrobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1522-2632
pISSN - 1434-2944
DOI - 10.1002/iroh.200610982
Subject(s) - particulate organic matter , particulates , environmental science , organic matter , hydrology (agriculture) , current (fluid) , environmental chemistry , geology , ecology , oceanography , chemistry , biology , geotechnical engineering
Field experiments to quantify the amount of particulate organic matter as an energy source for the system were conducted between February 2002 and June 2002 in humid and wet zones of the Ellegirini River in Kenya. The experiment involved collecting ten random samples from each zone. The humid zone held a hundred times more coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM) ash‐free dry mass than the wet zone, where the stream current and other influencing parameters decreased CPOM amount. In conclusion it can be said that these significant differences are the result of different attributes between these two zones. Factors like current velocity, discharge or the absence of CPOM holding structures are responsible for low CPOM in the wet zone. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)