Relative abundance of mosquitoes and snails associated with water hyacinth and hippo grass in the Nyanza gulf of Lake Victoria

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

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-271

  Ofulla, A V O ^a   Karanja, D ^b   Omondi, R ^c   Okurut, T ^d   Matano, A ^d   Jembe, T ^c   Abila, R ^c   Boera, P ^c   Gichuki, J ^c  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d Lake Victoria Basin Commission Secretariat   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Lake flies; Lake Victoria; Malaria mosquitoes; Nyanza gulf; Schistosomiasis snails

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; MACROPHYTE; MOSQUITO; PREDATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KENYA; LAKE VICTORIA; NYANZA;

ALGAE; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA SUDANICA; BULINUS; BULINUS AFRICANUS; CHAOBORUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES;

EID: 77958083722     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2010.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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