Species inventory and the local uses of the plants and fishes of the Lower Sondu Miriu wetland of Lake Victoria, Kenya

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 458, Issue , 2001, Pages 99-106

  Gichuki, J ^a,b   Guebas, F Dahdouh ^c   Mugo, J ^a   Rabuor, C O ^a   Triest, L ^c   Dehairs, F ^b  

^a KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c Laboratory of General Botany and Nature Management   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cyperus papyrus; Socio economic benefits; Sustainable use

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SURVEYS; WETLANDS;

AQUATIC PLANTS;

HYDROLOGY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY; WETLAND;

KENYA;

CUSPIDATA; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HYACINTHUS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PISCES; VICTORIA; VOSSIA CUSPIDATA;

EID: 0035882977     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013192330498     Document Type: Conference Paper

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