Predator-prey relationships, population dynamics and fisheries productivities of large African lakes.

D. Lewis and John D.R. Bayona

Predator-prey relationships, population dynamics and fisheries productivities of large African lakes.

Year of publication 1988

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 154

Author D. Lewis and John D.R. Bayona

Product type Book (series)

Series title CIFAA Occasional Paper (Committee of Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture for Africa)

Series number 1014-2452 - CIFA/OP15

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) This volume contains 11 papers prepared on the theme of predator-prey relationships, population dynamics and fisheries productivities of African Lakes. The lakes include Malawi, Tanganyika, Victoria, Kivu, Kioga and Abaya as well as Kariba Reservoir. The papers were prepared for the FAO Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa Working Group on Stock Assessment, Third Session held in Lusaka, Zambia in September 1985. Studies on the biological productivity of Lake Tanganyika are reviewed wit h emphasis on the assessment of the lake's trophic status and its sustained fish production potential. Results have suggested that the lake has a high carbon transfer efficiency at a low rate of primary production, thus it is capable of sustaining high fish yields. However, if sound decisions are to be made on the management of Lake Tanganyika's fisheries, further research will be required on the long term fluctuations in predator and prey abundance and on fish migration patterns.

Statutory body / Meeting title Committee for Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture of Africa (CIFAA)

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Lewis, D. (ed.), 1988 Predator-prey relationships, population dynamics and fisheries productivities of large African lakes. CIFA Occas. Pap., (15): 154 p.

Language English

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