Mortalities of lesser flamingos in Kenyan Rift Valley saline lakes and the implications for sustainable management of the lakes

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-58

  Ndetei, Robert ^a   Muhandiki, Victor S ^b  

^a KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algae; Alkaline saline Rift Valley lake; Cyanotoxins; Heavy metals; Lesser flamingo mortality; Pesticides; Population dynamics; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

LAKE POLLUTION; MORTALITY; SALINE LAKE; WADER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ALGAE; ARTHROSPIRA FUSIFORMIS; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 21744454898     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2005.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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