Increasing fish production from wetlands at Lake Victoria, Uganda using organically manured seasonal wetland fish ponds

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-277

  Kaggwa, Rose C ^a   Van Dam, Anne A ^b   Balirwa, John S ^c   Kansiime, Frank ^d   Denny, Patrick ^b  

^a National Water and Sewerage Corporation   (Uganda)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c National Fisheries Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Fingerponds; Fish production; Integrated production systems; Lake Victoria; Manure; Papyrus wetland; Sustainable wetland management; Water quality; Wise use

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CICHLID; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FLOODING; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MANURE; POND; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROTEIN; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STOCK ENHANCEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

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

CYPERUS PAPYRUS; OREOCHROMIS;

EID: 67349213908     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-008-9105-7     Document Type: Article

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