Habitat degradation and subsequent fishery collapse in Lakes Naivasha and Baringo, Kenya

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 503-517

  Hickley, Phil ^a   Muchiri, Mucai ^b   Boar, Rosalind ^c   Britton, Robert ^a   Adams, Chris ^a   Gichuru, Nicholas ^d   Harper, David ^e  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Fish; Macrophytes; Rift Valley lakes; Soil erosion; Turbity

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SOIL EROSION; STOCK COLLAPSE; TURBIDITY; WATER LEVEL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; LAKE BARINGO; LAKE NAIVASHA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

CYPERUS PAPYRUS; RIPARIA;

EID: 8844275605     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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