Lake Victoria: The water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes [MART.] SOLMS), its socio-economic effects, control measures and resurgence in the Winam gulf

Limnologica

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 105-109

  Opande, George Ogueno ^a   Onyango, John Charles ^a   Wagai, Samuel Otieno ^a  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Fisheries; Health; Irrigation; Lake Victoria; Resurgence; Socio economic effects; Succession; Water hyacinth; Water supply; Winam gulf

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HYACINTHUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 2942642099     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0075-9511(04)80028-8     Document Type: Article

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