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Impact of Livestock Grazing to Fringing Wetlands of Lake Victoria (Tanzania Experience)
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)
A baseline study was carried out in October/November 1999 to assess the impacts of Livestock grazing on
the fringing wetlands of Lake Victoria on the Tanzanian side. Two villages bordering the Western
Corridor of the ...
An overview of the present status of Water Quality of Lake Victoria, Kenya: A limnological perspective
(Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, LVEMP Water Quality Component, 2008)
Sampling for nutrients, Chrolophyll-a and total suspended solids was done in 9 in-lake stations in the
Kenyan part of Lake Victoria between December 2000 and October 2001. In-situ measurements of
temperature, dissolved ...
Comparative study of hatching rates of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus Burchell 1822) eggs on different substrates
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
The choice of incubation substrate materials is one of the major factors to consider in the production of
African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) fingerlings. There was significant difference between the hatching rates
of ...
A review of estimation of rainfall and evaporation over Lake Victoria
(Directorate of Water Development, Water Resources Management Department, P.O. Box 19, Entebbe, Uganda, 2002)
With its area covering 68,800 km2, a shoreline length of about 3,450 km around a basin area of about
258,700 km2, a mean depth of 40 meters and sometimes up to a maximum of 84 meters, Lake
Victoria’s hydrology has been ...
Flow of food materials among fish communities in Lake Victoria
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
Trophic relationships for different fish communities interacting in Tanzania waters of Lake Victoria were
investigated in order to understand the flow of materials among those communities. Food chains, which
usually start ...
Biological control and monitoring of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, Marts. Solms-Laubach (Liliales: Ponteridiaceae) during the post-resurgence period in Lake Victoria basin, Kenya
(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, LVEMP Water Hyacinth Control Component National Fibre Research Centre, Kibos, P O Box 1490, Kisumu, Kenya, 2005)
The paper presents recent results from an ongoing classical biological control programme for water hyacinth,
implemented by Kenya Agricultural Research Institute under the Lake Victoria Environmental Management
Project. ...
Atmospheric concentrations of organochlorine pesticides in the northern Lake Victoria watershed
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2006)
Organochlorine pesticides are still in use for agricultural purposes and for the control of mosquitoes in
the Eastern African region. Atmospheric concentrations of organochlorine pesticides are expected to be
higher in ...
Potential of fungal pathogens for biological control of water hyacinth
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
A survey of fungal pathogens of water hyacinth were under taken in lakes Victoria and Kyoga and
River Nile in Uganda and several potential isolates including Alternaria eichhorniae (Nag Raj and
Ponnappa), Cercospora sp. ...
The distribution, characteristics and utilization of wetland soils in Sio Basin, Western Kenya.
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
The examination of the soils revealed that the soils of the upper sections of Sio are imperfectly drained
to poorly drained, very deep, dark grayish brown to black, friable to firm, sandy clay to clay. The top
topsoil ...
Soil and nutrient losses from major agricultural land-use practices in the Lake Victoria basin
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
Soil degradation by water erosion is recognized to be a major agricultural and environmental problem
in the Lake Victoria crescent. The objective of this study was to quantify runoff, soil and nutrient losses
from major ...