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The Impact of Species Changes in African Lakes

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Tony J. Pitcher

    1. Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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  2. Paul J. B. Hart

    1. Department of Zoology, Leicester University, Leicester, UK

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Part of the book series: Fish & Fisheries Series (FIFI, volume 18)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
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  2. Species changes and fisheries in African lakes: outline of the issues

    1. Species changes and fisheries in African lakes: outline of the issues

      • Tony J. Pitcher
      Pages 1-16

  3. Introduced Nile Perch in Lake Victoria: Impacts on Biodiversity and Evaluation of the Fishery

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Impact of environmental change, species introductions and ecological interactions on the fish stocks of Lake Victoria

      • Aggrey W. Kudhongania, Deonatus B. R. Chitamwebwa
      Pages 19-32

    3. Limnological changes in Lake Victoria since the Nile perch introduction

      • Peter B. O. Ochumba
      Pages 33-43

    4. Impact of fish species introductions on the tilapias of Lakes Victoria and Kyoga

      • Timothy Twongo
      Pages 45-57

    5. Diversity and stability of fish stocks in Lakes Victoria, Kyoga and Nabugabo after establishment of introduced species

      • Richard Ogutu-Ohwayo
      Pages 59-81

    6. Dynamics of the haplochromine cichlid fauna and other ecological changes in the Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria

      • Frans Witte, Tijs Goldschmidt, Jan H. Wanink
      Pages 83-110

    7. An analysis of species changes in Lake Victoria: did the Nile perch act alone?

      • Alida Bundy, Tony J. Pitcher
      Pages 111-135

    8. Analysis of species changes in Lake Victoria using ECOPATH, a multispecies trophic model

      • Jacques Moreau
      Pages 137-161

    9. Assessment of the Nile perch fishery in Lake Victoria

      • Tony J. Pitcher, Alida Bundy
      Pages 163-180

    10. Thirty years on: the development of the Nile perch fishery in Lake Victoria

      • J. Eric Reynolds, Dominique F. Gréboval, Piero Mannini
      Pages 181-214

    11. Socio-economic impacts of introduced species in Lake Victoria fisheries

      • Craig K. Harris, David S. Wiley, Douglas C. Wilson
      Pages 215-242

  4. Evaluation of Species Changes in Other African Lakes with Introduced Fish Species

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
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    2. Inshore fish population and species changes in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe

      • Lawrence Karenge, Jeppe Kolding
      Pages 245-275

    3. The impact of an introduction of sardine into Lake Kivu

      • Hans H. de Iongh, Petronella C. Spliethoff, Fritz Roest
      Pages 277-297

    4. 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, David M. Harper
      Pages 299-319

    5. Species changes in reservoir fisheries following impoundment: the case of Lake Itezhi-tezhi, Zambia

      • Ian G. Cowx, Cyprian K. Kapasa
      Pages 321-332

  5. Evaluation of Species Changes in African Lakes without Introduced Species

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 333-333
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    2. Changes in species composition and abundance of fish populations in Lake Turkana, Kenya

      • Jeppe Kolding
      Pages 335-363
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About this book

The African lakes are an extremely important ecosystem and the subject of much study relating to species introductions and loss of biodiversity. This book provides a thorough review of the whole subject and will be of great interest to fish biologists, fisheries workers, ecologists, environmental scientists and conservationists.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Tony J. Pitcher

  • Department of Zoology, Leicester University, Leicester, UK

    Paul J. B. Hart

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Impact of Species Changes in African Lakes

  • Editors: Tony J. Pitcher, Paul J. B. Hart

  • Series Title: Fish & Fisheries Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0563-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-55050-8Published: 30 November 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4249-9Published: 06 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-0563-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2542-890X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8926

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXII, 601

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Nature Conservation, Ecology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography

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