The implications of a changing climate on the kapenta fish stocks of lake kariba, zimbabwe

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-119

  Ndebele Murisa, Mzime Regina ^a   Mashonjowa, Emmanuel ^b   Hill, Trevor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate change; Evaporation rates; Fishery; Kapenta; Lake water; Rainfall; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008848736     PISSN: 0035919X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0035919X.2011.600352     Document Type: Article

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