Lake Victoria Wetlands and the Ecology of the Nile Tilapia

Name: Lake Victoria Wetlands and the Ecology of the Nile Tilapia
Brand: CRC Press

CRC Press

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. > 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. > 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 e