ProfileProfile: Dr Mangaliso John Gondwe
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Dr Mangaliso John Gondwe
Senior Research Fellow
Okavango Research Institute · University of Botswana
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Dr Mangaliso John Gondwe is a Senior Research Fellow at the Okavango Research Institute. His research combines aquatic ecology, limnology and biogeochemistry to understand lakes and wetlands, including how environmental stressors and climate change affect aquatic systems in southern Africa.
Dr Mangaliso John Gondwe is a Senior Research Fellow at the Okavango Research Institute. His research combines aquatic ecology, limnology and biogeochemistry to understand lakes and wetlands, including how environmental stressors and climate change affect aquatic systems in southern Africa.
Qualifications
Ph.D – Biology (Aquatic Ecology –Limnology/Biogeochemistry), University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
M. Sc. – Biology (Aquatic Ecology –Limnology/Biogeochemistry), University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
B. Sc. (Hons), B. Sc. – Chemistry, University of Malawi, Chancellor College, Zomba, Malawi
Research interests
Nutrient and carbon cycling in aquatic systems (lakes and wetlands).
Limnology of the African aquatic ecosystems.
Phytoplankton-nutrient interactions.
Nutrient biogeochemistry.
Application of stable isotopes in ecology.
Environmental pollution
RESEARCH
Aquatic Ecology
Spatial and temporal dynamics of diffusive methane emissions in the Okavango Delta, northern Botswana, Africa
Researchers measured methane released from different parts of the Okavango Delta. The work helps explain how the Delta participates in the global carbon cycle and why understanding wetland methane is…
UNDERSTAND THE RESEARCHTSHIMOLOGO STORIES
Environment & Wildlife
Why the Okavango Is a Living Laboratory
Environment & Wildlife
