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This volume is taken from an ecological study of wetlands undertaken in northern Lake Victoria (East Africa) between 1993 and 1996 with the major aim of characterizing shallow vegetation-dominated interface habitats, and evaluating their importance for fish, in particular, for the Nile tilapia.

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Author:   John Stephen Balirwa
Publisher:   A A Balkema Publishers
Imprint:   A A Balkema Publishers
Volume:   v. 13
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9789054104117

ISBN 10:   9054104112
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   01 January 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements, Abstract, Chapter 1. Introduction, Chapter 2.1. The Lake Victoria environment: its fisheries and its wetlands - are view, Chapter 2.2. The evolution of the fishery of Oreochromis ni/oticus (Pisces: Cichlidae) in Lake Victoria, Chapter 3. Structural characterisation of shoreline wetlands bordering Lake Victoria (Uganda), Chapter 4. Species composition and biomass of fish in the shallow (wetland) habitats of northern Lake Victoria, East Africa, Chapter 5. Patterns in the abundance and size structure of Oreochromis niloticus Linné (The Nile tilapia) among different vegetation-dominated habitats of the littoral zone in northern Lake Victoria (Uganda), Chapter 6. Reproductive biology of the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus Linné in some East African lakes with emphasis on littoral habitats in northern Lake Victoria (Uganda), Chapter 7. Trophic characterisation in the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus L. in the shallow habitats of northern Lake Victoria, Uganda, Chapter 8. The growing influence of water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms-Laubach on the ecology of the shoreline wetlands of Lake Victoria, East Africa, Chapter 9. Summary and conclusions, Samenvatting en conclusies, Curriculum Vitae

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