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Title

The Impact of species changes in African lakes / edited by Tony J. Pitcher and Paul J.B. Hart.

Publication

London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Pitcher, Tony J.
• Hart, Paul J. B.

Description

xxxii, 601 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• The subject of species changes in African lakes has been widely studied over recent years and is one of great ecological and environmental interest. The editors of this interdisciplinary book, well known for their work in fisheries ecology, have brought together a wealth of information from many internationally recognized scientists.
• This important book covers the impact of species changes engendered by the introduction of fish species, impoundment and heavy exploitation. Aspects considered include reduction of biodiversity, the conservation of unique endemic fauna, the assessment of changes in habitat, species and genetic diversity, the evaluation of economic wealth generated by new fisheries, sustainability and social equity, and comparative forecasts from a range of management scenarios.
• The Impact of Species Changes in African Lakes will be of great use and interest to scientists across a wide range of disciplines, including fish biologists and fisheries workers, ecologists, conservationists and environmental scientists, and all those involved in work on introductions, economics of natural resources and development of fisheries.

Subjects

• Fish culture > Environmental aspects > Africa
• Lakes > Ecology > Effects of > Aquaculture
• Lake ecology > Africa
• Fisheries > Environmental aspects > Africa
• Africa

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• Series foreword / Tony J. Pitcher -- Preface / Tony J. Pitcher and Paul J. B. Hart -- General Introduction / Paul J. B. Hart -- 1. Species changes and fisheries in African lakes: outline of the issues / Tony J. Pitcher -- 2. Impact of environmental change, species introductions and ecological interactions on the fish stocks of Lake Victoria / Aggrey W. Kudhongania and Deonatus B. R. Chitamwebwa -- 3. Limnological changes in Lake Victoria since the Nile perch introduction / Peter B. O. Ochumba -- 4. Impact of fish species introductions on the tilapias of Lakes Victoria and Kyoga / Timothy Twongo -- 5. Diversity and stability of fish stocks in Lakes Victoria, Kyoga and Nabugabo after establishment of introduced species / Richard Ogutu-Ohwayo -- 6. Dynamics of the haplochromine cichlid fauna and other ecological changes in the Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria / Frans Witte, Tijs Goldschmidt and Jan H. Wanink --
• 7. An analysis of species changes in Lake Victoria: did the Nile perch act alone? / Alida Bundy and Tony J. Pitcher -- 8. Analysis of species changes in Lake Victoria using ECOPATH, a multispecies trophic model / Jacques Moreau -- 9. Assessment of the Nile perch fishery in Lake Victoria / Tony J. Pitcher and Alida Bundy -- 10. Thirty years on: the development of the Nile perch fishery in Lake Victoria / J. Eric Reynolds, Dominique F. Greboval and Piero Mannini -- 11. Socio-economic impacts of introduced species in Lake Victoria fisheries / Craig K. Harris, David S. Wiley and Douglas C. Wilson -- 12. Inshore fish population and species changes in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe / Lawrence Karenge and Jeppe Kolding -- 13. The impact of an introduction of sardine into Lake Kivu / Hans H. de Iongh, Petronella C. Spliethoff and Fritz Roest --
• 14. The persistence of two introduced tilapia species in Lake Naivasha, Kenya, in the face of environmental variability and fishing pressure / S. Mucai Muchiri, Paul J. B. Hart and David M. Harper -- 15. Species changes in reservoir fisheries following impoundment: the case of Lake Itezhi-tezhi, Zambia / Ian G. Cowx and Cyprian K. Kapasa -- 16. Changes in species composition and abundance of fish populations in Lake Turkana, Kenya / Jeppe Kolding -- 17. Management, conservation and species changes of exploited fish stocks in Lake Malawi / George F. Turner -- 18. Changes in demersal cichlid communities as a result of trawling in southern Lake Malawi / George F. Turner, Denis Tweddle and Ramsey D. Makwinja -- 19. Changes in species composition and abundance as a consequence of fishing in Lake Malombe, Malawi / Denis Tweddle, George F. Turner and Mohammed B. D. Seisay -- 20. Effects of exploitation on the pelagic fish community in the south of Lake Tanganyika / Martin J. Pearce --
• 21. Changes in the pelagic fisheries of northern Lake Tanganyika during the 1980s / Philippe Petit and Antoine Kiyuku -- 22. Genetic impacts of fish introductions: a perspective on African lakes / Gary R. Carvalho and Lorenz Hauser -- 23. Thinking the unthinkable: a candidate model for predicting sustainable yields of introduced fish species in African lakes / Tony J. Pitcher -- 24. Why is Limnothrissa miodon such a successful introduced species and is there anywhere else we should put it? / Brian E. Marshall -- Appendix: Summary of characteristics of major Arican lakes.

ISBN

0412550504 :

LCCN

gb 95094492

OCLC

ocm33968647

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries