Fish as bioindicators in aquatic environmental pollution assessment: A case study in Lake Victoria wetlands, Uganda

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 14-15, 2011, Pages 918-928

  Naigaga, I ^a   Kaiser, H ^b   Muller, W J ^b   Ojok, L ^a   Mbabazi, D ^c   Magezi, G ^c   Muhumuza, E ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c National Fisheries Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Fish; Lake Victoria; Pollution; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; FISH COMMUNITIES; FISH SPECIES; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HUMAN POPULATION; INDICATOR ORGANISMS; LAKE VICTORIA; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OFFSHORE LOCATIONS; REFERENCE SITES; SECCHI DEPTH; SHANNON DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHOROUS; UGANDA; URBAN EFFLUENTS; WETLAND ECOSYSTEM;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODIVERSITY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; RATING; SOCIAL SCIENCES; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

FISH;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FISH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; UGANDA;

HAPLOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS;

EID: 80054054445     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.07.066     Document Type: Article

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