Spatial and Seasonal Variability in Surface Water Chemistry in the Okavango Delta, Botswana: A Multivariate Approach

Wetlands - 2011
Anson W. Mackay1, Thomas A. Davidson1, Piotr Wolski2, Richard Mazebedi2, W.R.L. Masamba2, Philippa Huntsman‐Mapila2, Martin C. Todd3
1ECRC, Department of Geography, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
2ORI, University of Botswana, Private Bag 285, Maun, Botswana
3Department of Geography, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RH, UK

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