Changes in Fish Species Composition in Lake Naivasha, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorSiddiqui, A. Q.
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-03T15:10:06Z
dc.date.available2014-02-03T15:10:06Z
dc.date.issued1979
dc.descriptionDOI:10.1007/BF00023188en_US
dc.description.abstractThe fish species composition in Lake Naivasha has been modified during recent years. Out of seven introduced and one indigenous species reported in 1962, only three introduced ones are found today. The elimination of species has been brought about by predation and changing ecological conditions. The most common fish species today is Sarotherodon leucosticuus. The hybridization found by previous workers between S. leucostictus x S. spilurus niger has stopped, as S. s. niger is no longer found in the lake. Most of the hybrid characters have been lost by the few surviving hybrids due to backcrossing between hybrids and between hybrids and S. leucostictus. The hybrids now mostly resemble S. leucostictus.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHydrobiologia June 1979, Volume 64, Issue 2, pp 131-138en_US
dc.identifier.issn1573-5117
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/8915
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishersen_US
dc.subjectLake Naivashaen_US
dc.subjectFish species compositionen_US
dc.subjectEcological changesen_US
dc.subjectHybridizationen_US
dc.subjectHabitat preferencesen_US
dc.titleChanges in Fish Species Composition in Lake Naivasha, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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