Macrophytes of Lake Victoria and succession after invasion of Water Hyacinth
dc.contributor.author | Omondi, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kusewa, Mwende | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Kenya, Victoria Lake | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-02-12T13:16:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-02-12T13:16:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Odada, Eric & Olago, Daniel O. & Ochola, Washington & Ntiba, Micheni & Wandiga, Shem & Gichuki, Nathan & Oyieke, Hilda (Ed.) Proceedings of the 11th World Lakes Conference: vol. 2, 2006. p. 600-602. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1496 | |
dc.description.abstract | The distribution of Lake Victoria (Kenya) macrophytes is described. Succession of macrophytes in the lake became more dramatic and dynamic after invasion of water hyacinth. The weed pushes and smothers other free-floating macrophytes like Pistia stratiotes. It then provides substrates for the emergent Vossia cuspidata, which later reduces its population by competition for light and nutrients. The noxious weed is believed to have led to extinction of Azolla nilotica in the lake. | en |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Macrophytes of Lake Victoria and succession after invasion of Water Hyacinth | en |
dc.type | Proceedings Paper | |
dc.bibliographicCitation.authors | Odada, Eric | |
dc.bibliographicCitation.authors | Olago, Daniel O. | |
dc.bibliographicCitation.authors | Ochola, Washington | |
dc.bibliographicCitation.authors | Ntiba, Micheni | |
dc.bibliographicCitation.authors | Wandiga, Shem | |
dc.bibliographicCitation.authors | Gichuki, Nathan | |
dc.bibliographicCitation.authors | Oyieke, Hilda | |
dc.bibliographicCitation.conferencedate | 2006 | en |
dc.bibliographicCitation.conferencename | 11th World Lakes Conference | en |
dc.bibliographicCitation.conferenceplace | Nairobi (Kenya) | en |
dc.bibliographicCitation.endpage | 602 | en |
dc.bibliographicCitation.stpage | 600 | en |
dc.bibliographicCitation.title | Proceedings of the 11th World Lakes Conference - Volume 2 | en |
dc.contributor.corpauthor | Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Nairobi (Kenya) | |
dc.description.status | Published | en |
dc.description.other | Vegetation cover; Pistia stratiotes; Azolla nilotica; Vossia cuspidata | en |
dc.subject.agrovoc | Aquatic plants | en |
dc.subject.agrovoc | Water hyacinth | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Aquatic plants | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Ecological succession | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Introduced species | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Species extinction | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Inland waters | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Water reservoirs | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Geographical distribution | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Emergent vegetation | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Competition | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Water bodies | en |
dc.type.refereed | Non-Refereed | en |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-01-30T18:47:37Z |
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