Biophysical suitability of smallholder integrated aquaculture-agriculture systems (fingerponds) in East Africa's Lake Victoria Freshwater Wetlands

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-83

  Kipkemboi, Julius ^a   van Dam, A A ^b   Denny, Patrick ^b  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fingerponds; Freshwater wetlands; Lake Victoria; Riparian communities; Smallholder integrated aquaculture agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; BIOPHYSICS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; POND; WETLAND;

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

CLARIAS; OREOCHROMIS; PROTOPTERUS SP.; TILAPIA;

EID: 33745021171     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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