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Nutrient input into Lake Victoria from Atmospheric Deposition: The Case of Phosphorus
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)
Phosphorus input into lake Victoria from atmospheric deposition was estimated by setting two sampling
stations: one in rural (Itumbili) and another in urban (Igogo) settings. Nutrient estimation from both wet
and dry ...
Overview of Lake Victoria frame survey 2000 - Uganda
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)
This paper gives observations made on the frame survey that was carried out on the Uganda part of
Lake Victoria in March 2000. The paper highlights the major changes affecting fishing, fishing gears
and facilities in the ...
Regional Lessons Learnt Draft Final Report
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
Lake Victoria Basin is rich with current value placed at about US$ 12.4 billion and which could be developed further with good management intervention. There are many factors that are threatening rich biodiversity and ...
A report on the Impact of Fisheries on the Resources along the shores of Lake Victoria
(2002)
The field study covered a huge area and has come up with a number of observations and several of these are linked. The results are summarized as follows: Indicators of consumption were identified and observations of ...
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 ...
Applied Research Programme for Lake Victoria Basin
(Bureau for Industrial Cooperation (BICO), 2006)
The Lake Victoria basin is a very strategic zone for the socio-economic development of East
Africa. Heavy degradation of the environment, pollution of water resources and loss of
biodiversity both in terrestrial and ...