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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 ...
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 ...
The potential of mukene (Rastrineobola argentea) fishery in Lake Victoria with suggestions for its management
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
Following the decline in catches of endemic fish species in Lake Victoria, Mukene, Rastrineobola
argentea has become an important commercial fish species. The fishery spread first through Kenyan,
and Tanzanian waters and ...
Household Welfare Impacts of the Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in the Kenyan Side of Lake Victoria
(2002)
Lake Victoria is an important source of livelihood for not only Kenyans residing next to it but the rest of East Africa and The Great Nile Valley. Nevertheless, Lake Victoria and therefore the livelihood of fishermen ...
Conservation and improvement of the stocks of the originally most important Lake Victoria tilapiine, Oreochromis esculentus, Graham 1929
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
The tilapiine fish species Oreochromis esculentus was endemic to only lakes Victoria and Kyoga, and
was the most important commercial fish species in these two lakes. This species started to decline
steadily after the ...
Distribution of Heavy Metals In Sediments of Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria, Tanzania
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
A study was conducted in February - April 2000 with the aim of determination of heavy metal
concentrations in lake sediment at areas, which were considered as point- and non-point sources. A trend of
heavy metal variation ...
A Report on the Implementation Status of Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda from 1st July 1997 – 30th June 2002 and Way Forward
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)
The Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP)
is a multi-discipline and multi-sector comprehensive development
programme that was designed to successfully introduce, through
implementation, environmentally ...
Fish species composition, distribution and abundance in Lake Victoria basin, Kenya.
(Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, P.O Box 1881, Kisumu, Kenya, 2005)
Fish species composition, distribution and abundance in Lake Victoria, Kenya and the surrounding dams
and satellite lakes were studied from 1997 to 2001 The study revealed that lake Victoria had a total of 37
species ...