The Impact of Species Changes in African Lakes

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxii
Species changes and fisheries in African lakes: outline of the issues....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Impact of environmental change, species introductions and ecological interactions on the fish stocks of Lake Victoria....Pages 19-32
Limnological changes in Lake Victoria since the Nile perch introduction....Pages 33-43
Impact of fish species introductions on the tilapias of Lakes Victoria and Kyoga....Pages 45-57
Diversity and stability of fish stocks in Lakes Victoria, Kyoga and Nabugabo after establishment of introduced species....Pages 59-81
Dynamics of the haplochromine cichlid fauna and other ecological changes in the Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria....Pages 83-110
An analysis of species changes in Lake Victoria: did the Nile perch act alone?....Pages 111-135
Analysis of species changes in Lake Victoria using ECOPATH, a multispecies trophic model....Pages 137-161
Assessment of the Nile perch fishery in Lake Victoria....Pages 163-180
Thirty years on: the development of the Nile perch fishery in Lake Victoria....Pages 181-214
Socio-economic impacts of introduced species in Lake Victoria fisheries....Pages 215-242
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Inshore fish population and species changes in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe....Pages 245-275
The impact of an introduction of sardine into Lake Kivu....Pages 277-297
The persistence of two introduced tilapia species in Lake Naivasha, Kenya, in the face of environmental variability and fishing pressure....Pages 299-319
Species changes in reservoir fisheries following impoundment: the case of Lake Itezhi-tezhi, Zambia....Pages 321-332
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
Changes in species composition and abundance of fish populations in Lake Turkana, Kenya....Pages 335-363
Management, conservation and species changes of exploited fish stocks in Lake Malaŵi....Pages 365-395
Changes in demersal cichlid communities as a result of trawling in southern Lake Malaŵi....Pages 397-412
Changes in species composition and abundance as a consequence of fishing in Lake Malombe, Malaŵi....Pages 413-424
Effects of exploitation on the pelagic fish community in the south of Lake Tanganyika....Pages 425-441
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
Changes in the pelagic fisheries of northern Lake Tanganyika during the 1980s....Pages 443-453
Front Matter....Pages 455-455
Genetic impacts of fish introductions: a perspective on African lakes....Pages 457-493
Thinking the unthinkable: a candidate model for predicting sustainable yields of introduced fish species in African lakes....Pages 495-525
 Why is Limnothrissa miodon such a successful introduced species and is there anywhere else we should put it ?....Pages 527-545
Back Matter....Pages 547-601