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  1. Nile perch and the transformation of Lake Victoria

    Nile perch and the transformation of Lake Victoria

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: A Taabu-Munyaho --- National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI), Uganda BE Marshall --- Lake Victoria Fisheries Organisation (LVFO), New Zealand T Tomasson --- United Nations University – Fisheries Training Programme (UNU–FTP), Marine Research Institute, Iceland G Marteinsdottir --- Institute of Biology, Iceland
    The transformation of Lake Victoria that began in 1980 followed the population explosion of Nile perch Lates niloticus, causing the apparent extirpation of 500+ endemic haplochromine species and dramatic physico-chemical changes. Officially introduced in 1962–1963, but present earlier, the reasons...
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