Biological diversity of the Yala Swamp lakes, with special emphasis on fish species composition, in relation to changes in the Lake Victoria Basin (Kenya): threats and conservation measures

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dc.contributor.authorAloo, P. A.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-02T08:24:45Z
dc.date.available2014-06-02T08:24:45Z
dc.date.issued2002-05-15
dc.description.abstractDuring the second half of the last century, the Lake Victoria ecosystem has undergone drastic ecological changes. Most notable has been the decline in the populations of many endemic cichlid fishes. The lake has lost nearly 200 haplochromines and one tilapiine, Oreochromis esculentus. The above changes have been attributed to effects of species stocking and, in particular, from predation pressure by the introduced Nile perch, Lates niloticus. Other factors that have led to the decline of the endemic species include intensive non-selective fishing, extreme changes in the drainage basin, increased eutrophication, and the invasion of the lake by the water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes. However, the remnants of some species that had disappeared from Lake Victoria occur abundantly in the Yala Swamp lakes (Kanyaboli, Sare and Namboyo). This paper discusses the biodiversity of the swamp and the three lakes and gives suggestions for their conservation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBiodiversity and Conservation 12: 905–920, 2003.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/9738
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Verlagen_US
dc.subjectBiological diversity,en_US
dc.subjectLake Victoriaen_US
dc.subjectThreats and conservationen_US
dc.subjectYala Swamp lakesen_US
dc.titleBiological diversity of the Yala Swamp lakes, with special emphasis on fish species composition, in relation to changes in the Lake Victoria Basin (Kenya): threats and conservation measuresen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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