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The natural history and fisheries ecology of Lake Chilwa, southern Malawi
Type: Journal Article
Lake Chilwa produces between zero and 24,000 metric tons of fish per year, making it one of the most productive but variable lakes in Africa. The size of the lake varies seasonally and among years, sometimes drying completely. ...
The fishes and their ecology
Type: Report
An annotated list of 188 species of fishes recorded from San Miguel Bay, Philippines is presented. Of these, 48% are euryhaline marine species. The most abundant fishes belong to marine species whose representatives are ...
GIFT transfer risk management: Ecology
Type: Internal Report
The ecological and environmental risk management plan reviewed the ecological and environmental aspect associated with the proposed transfer of GIFT from Malaysia to Nigeria. It also assessed direct and indirect ecological ...
Deleterious effects of non-native species introduced into Lake Victoria, East Africa
Type: Journal Article
Lake Victoria, in East Africa, has suffered from introductions and invasions of non-native species such as Lates niloticus, various tilapiine species, and Eichornia crassipes since the 1950s. These have had a devastating ...
Linking regional planning and local action: Towards using social network analysis in systematic conservation planning
Type: Journal Article
Social networks play an important role in facilitating effective and sustained connections between people responsible for regional conservation plans and those responsible for local conservation actions. Yet, few studies ...
Control of microcystis aeruginosa using tannic acid
Type: Journal Article
One of the most difficult challenges facing the commercial fish producers is how to keep the constant balance that required maintaining a stable relationship among the water, fish and microscopic flora and fauna in their ...
Changes in models of aquatic ecosystems approaching carrying capacity
Type: Journal Article
Using a top-down modeling approach, published mass-balance models of trophic interactions and state variables in the western central Pacific Ocean and the northern Gulf of Mexico shelf were used to explore how large increases ...
Fisheries of the rivers of Southeast Asia
Type: Book Chapter
Southeast Asian lowland rivers are among the longest and most productive rivers for wild-capture inland fisheries in the world. They have many elements in common: they mostly arise on the Tibetan Plateau and have steep and ...
Trophic model of the coastal fisheries ecosystem of the west coast of peninsular Malaysia
Type: Book Chapter
A preliminary mass-balance trophic model was constructed for the coastal fisheries ecosystem of the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia (0 - 120 m depth). The ecosystem was partitioned into 15 trophic groups, and biomasses ...
Fish, sediment and dams in the Mekong
Type: Book
The Mekong River is home to the largest inland fishery in the world, which is due in part to its exceptional sediment and nutrient loads. The number of dams in the Basin is expected to increase from 16 in the year 2000 to ...