 | CIFA Occasional Paper No. 13 CIFA/OP13 A LIMNOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MALAWIby D. Tweddle and B.J. Mkoko, FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS |
| The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. |
PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT
The authors of this bibliography, Messrs. Tweddle and Mkoko, were concerned that the bibliography should have as wide a distribution as possible and offered it to the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa of FAO for publication to achieve this end. The FAO Fisheries Department agreed to undertake the publication of the bibliography as part of the objective to widely disseminate information useful for fishery management and fishery development. This bibliography is particularly relevant for that purpose because a number of Malawi's fisheries are on international water bodies and its contents are therefore of interest to neighbouring countries for comparative purposes. The bibliography also will be of interest to a wider audience of fishery scientists and limnologists elsewhere as background for investigations on the other African water bodies, especially the large lakes.
| ABSTRACT |
| Approximately 20 percent of Malawi is covered by water and its various rivers and lakes are extremely important elements in the economy and nutrition of the country. This bibliography lists the large and varied scientific literature which now exists on these waters. The main subjects covered are fish and fisheries, limnology, hydrology and climate, aquatic birds, other aquatic animals, geology and geomorphology relevant to lake structure and formation, and history. The bibliography is in five sections: (1) published scientific materials, (2) Malawi Fisheries Department Annual Reports, (3) unpublished reports and consultant reports, (4) aquatic bird references, and (5) articles published in the aquarist press. (4) and (5) are presented in abbreviated form. A subject index is provided for sections (1) and (3). |
| Distribution | For bibliographical purposes this document should be cited as follows: |
| FAO Fisheries Department | |
| FAO Regional Fishery Officers | Tweddle, D. and B.J. Mkoko, 1986 A limnological bibliography of Malawi. CIFA Occas.Pap., (13):75 p. |
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| Fishery Directors of Member Countries |
1. Main Section - Published Papers, Reports and Books
2. Annual Reports of the Malawi Government Fisheries Department
3. Unpublished Reports and Consultant Reports