Integrating remote sensing approach with pollution monitoring tools for aquatice ecosystem risk assessment and managment: A case study of Lake Victoria (UGANDA)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 122, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 275-287

  Focardi, Silvia ^a   Corsi, Ilaria ^a   Mazzuoli, Stefania ^a   Vignoli, Leonardo ^b   Loiselle, Steven A ^a   Focardi, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

ARCGIS; Fish; Heavy metals; Insecticide exposure; Lake Victoria; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAVY METALS; INSECTICIDES; LAKES; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

AQUATICE ECOSYSTEM; INSECTICIDE EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING TOOLS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

GOLD; HEAVY METAL; INSECTICIDE; LAKE WATER; MERCURY; PESTICIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; HEAVY METAL; INSECTICIDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FISHING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LOADING; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UGANDA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; INSECTICIDES; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UGANDA; WATER POLLUTION;

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

EID: 33750626047     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9180-7     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Aber, J. S.: 2000, ES 771 - Remote Sensing (internet course in fall semester 2000).
2. Alabaster, J. S.: 1981, 'Review of the state of aquatic pollution in East African Inland Waters', CIFA Occ. Pap. 9, 1-36.
3. Anderson, A. M.: 1961, 'Further observations concerning the proposed introduction of the Nile perch into Lake Victoria', E. Afr. Agric. J. 26, 195-201.
4. Barel, C., Ligtvoet, W., Goldschmidt, T., Witte, F. and Goudswaard, P.: 1991, 'The haplochromine cichlids in Lake Victoria: An assessment of biological and fisheries interests', in M. Keenleyside (ed.), Cichlid Fishes: Behavior, Ecology and Evolution, Chapman & Hall, London.
5. Bradford, M. M.: 1976, 'A rapid and sensitive method for the quantification of microgram quantities of protein utilising the principle of protein-dye-binding', Analitycal Biochemistry 72, 248-254.
6. Crul, R. C. M.: 1995, Limnology and Hydrology of Lake Victoria. UNESCO/ IHP-IV Project M-5.1. UNESCO, Paris.
7. Ellman G. L., Courtney, K. D., Andreas, V., Jr. and Featherstone R. M.: 1961, 'A new rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity', Biochem. Pharmacol. 7, 88-95.
8. FAO: 1998, The State of the World Fisheries. Food and Agriculture Organisation. Rome, Italy.
9. Food and Agriculture Organisation: 1990, Year Book of Fishery Statistics. Rome, Italy.
10. Fryer, G.: 1960, 'Concerning the proposed introduction of Nile perch into Lake Victoria', E. Afr. Agr. J. 25, 267-260.
11. Fuller, R. M., Parsell, R. J., Oliver, M. and Wyatt, G.: 1989, 'Visual and computer classifications of remotely-sensed images. A case study of grasslands in Cambridgeshire', International Journal of Remote Sensing 10, 193-210
12. Fulton, M. H. and Key, P. B.: 2001, 'Acetylcholinesterase inhibition in estuarine fish and invertebrates as an indicator of organophosphorus insecticide exposure and effects', Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 20, 37-45.
13. Gill, T. S., Pande, J. and Tewari, H.: 1990a, 'Enzyme modulation by sublethal concentrations of aldicarb, phosphamidon and endosulfan in fish tissue', Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 38, 231-244.
14. Gill, T. S., Tewari, H. and Pande, J.: 1990b, 'Use of the fish enzyme system in monitoring water quality: Effects of mercury on tissue enzymes', Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 97C, 287-292.
15. Goldsmidt, T. and Witte, F.: 1992, 'Explosive speciation and adaptive radiation of haplochromines cichlids from Lake Victoria. An illustration of the scientific value of a lost species flock' Mitt. Interat. Varein. Limnol. 23, 101-107.
16. Greenwood, P. H.: 1956, 'The fishes of Uganda', Uganda J. I-III, 1-80.
17. Hecky, R. E. and Bugenyi: 1992, 'Hydrology and chemistry of the Great lakes and water quality issues: Problems and solutions', Mitt. Internat. Verein Limnol. 23, 45-54.
18. Hecky, R. E.: 1993, 'The eutrophication of Lake Victoria', Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung Limnologie 25, 39-48.
19. Jackwerth, E. and Wurfels, M.: 1997, 'Pressure digestion: Apparatus, problems and applications', in M. Stoeppler (ed.), Sampling and Sample Preparation, pp. 142-152.
20. Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization: 1996, Final Act of the Convention Establishing Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization. LVFO, Jinja, Uganda.
21. Lowe-McConnell R.: 1997, 'EAFRO and after: A guide to key events affecting fish communities in Lake Victoria (East Africa)', S. Afr. J. Sci. 93, 570-573.
22. Marten, G. C., Shenk, J. S. and Barton, F. E.: 1989, 'Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS): Analysis of forage quality', USDA Res. Ser. Handbook #643. II (eds.)
23. Massoulié J.: 1993, 'Molecular and cellular biology of cholinesterases', Prog. Neurobio 41, 31-91.
24. Ntiba, M. J., Kudoja, W. M. and Mukasa, C. T.: 2001, 'Management issues in the Lake Victoria watershed', Lakes & Reservoirs: Research and Management 6 (3), 211-216.
25. Ochumba, P. B. O. and Kibaara, D. I.: 1989, 'Observations on blue-green algal blooms in the open waters of Lake Victoria, Kenya', African Journal of Ecology 27, 23-34.
26. Ogari, J. and Dadzie, S.: 1988, 'The food of the Nile perch, Lates niloticus (L.), after the disappearance of the haplochromine cichlids in the Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria (Kenya)', J. Fish Biol. 32, 571-577.
27. Rodriguez-Fuentes, G. and Gold-Bouchot, G.: 2004, 'Characterization of cholinesterase activity from different tissues of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)', Mar. Environ. Res. 58, 505-509.
28. Silver A.: 1974, 'The biology of cholinesterases', in A. Neuberger and E.L. Tatum (eds.), Frontiers of Biology, vol. 36, North-Holland, Amsterdam.
29. Sturm, A., da Silva de Assis, H. C. and Hansen P. D.: 1999, 'Cholinesterases of marine teleost fish: Enzymological characterization and potential use in the monitoring of neurotoxic contamination', Mar. Environ. Res. 47, 389-398.
30. Talling, J. F.: 1966, The annual cycle of stratification and phytoplankton growth in Lake Victoria (East Africa). Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie 51, 545-621.
31. Townshend, J. R. G.: 1992, 'Land cover', International Journal of Remote Sensing 13, 1319-1328
32. URL: http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/remote/remote.ht.
33. URL: http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/remote/lectures/lec05.ht.
34. URL: http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/remote/landsat/landsat.ht.
35. Varò, I., Navarro, J. C., Amat, F. and Guilhermino L.: 2003, 'Effect of dichlorvos on cholinesterase activity of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)', Pest. Biochem. Physiol. 75, 61-72.
36. Weiss, C. M.: 1964, 'Detection of pesticides in water by biochemical assay', J. Wat. Pollut. Ctrl. Fed. 36, 240-253.
37. Weyer, L. G.: 1985, 'Near infraredspectroscopyof organic substances', App. Spect. Rev. 21, 1-43
38. Witte, F., Goldschmidt, T., Wanik, J., et al.: 1992, 'The destruction of an endemic species flock: Quantitative data on the decline of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria', Environ. Biol. Fish. 34, 1-28.