Indications of the effects of climate change on the pelagic fishery of Lake Kariba, Zambia-Zimbabwe

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

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-22

  Magadza, C H D ^a  

^a University Lake Kariba Research Station   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem change; Lake Kariba; Pelagic fishery

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PELAGIC FISHERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE KARIBA;

CLUPEIDAE; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMUM; LIMNOTHRISSA; LIMNOTHRISSA MIODON;

EID: 79954996863     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2011.00462.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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