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Wetland Resources Question Paper

Wetland Resources 

Course:Bachelor Of Environmental Studies

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

ENS 304:
WETLAND RESOURCES
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DATE: Thursday 10th Septembers 2009
TIME: 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question ONE and any other THREE.


1.
a)
Describe the various categories of man-made wetlands according to the


wetland classification system for East Africa.


(15 marks)

b)
Explain why inland wetlands are regarded as the most diverse of all wetland


systems.







(10 marks)

2.
Discuss the wetland functions / values that are related specifically to maintaining
water
quality
in
aquatic
ecosystems.
(15
marks)

3.
With reference to a named example, describe a freshwater palustrine wetland.












(15 marks)
4.
Briefly discuss how wetlands offer different niches to wildlife from one place to
another
and
from
one
time
to
another. (15
marks)

5.
Explain the relationship between fish yields and gross photosynthetic production in
African
wetlands.
(15
marks)
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