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Seismic Evidence for Plume‐ and Craton‐Influenced Upper Mantle Structure Beneath the Northern Malawi Rift and the Rungwe Volcanic Province, East Africa

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2018
P and S wave tomographic models have been developed for the northern Malawi rift and adjacent Rungwe Volcanic Province (RVP) using data from the Study of Extension and maGmatism in Malawi aNd Tanzania project and data from previous networks in the study ...
Ashley Grijalva, Andrew A. Nyblade, Kyle Homman, Natalie J. Accardo, James B. Gaherty, Cynthia J. Ebinger, Donna J. Shillington, Patrick R. N. Chindandali, Gabriel Mbogoni, Richard Wambura Ferdinand, Gabriel Mulibo, J. P. O'Donnell, Marsella Kachingwe, Gabrielle Tepp   +13 more
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Diversity of Quadriacanthus (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) in the Upper Congo Basin: new geographical records and description of five new species from the gills of Clarias ngamensis (Siluriformes: Clariidae) [PDF]

Zoologia (Curitiba)
Monogenean parasites belonging to Quadriacanthus have never been reported from Clarias ngamensis, but are commonly found on congeners. In view of the specificity of monogeneans, the genetic proximity and the co-occurrence of C.
Gyrhaiss K. Kasembele, Maarten P.M. Vanhove, Auguste Chocha Manda, Michiel W.P. Jorissen, Wilmien J. Luus-Powell, Willem J. Smit, Charles F. Bilong Bilong, Dieu-Ne-Dort Bahanak   +7 more
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Contributions of U-Th-Pb dating on the diagenesis and sediment sources of the Lower Group (BI) of the Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup (Democratic Republic of Congo) [PDF]

, 2017
In this paper, we present new age constraints for the lower part of the Meso-Neoproterozoic sedimentary Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup (Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC).
Baudet, Daniel, Fialin, M, François, Camille, Javaux, Emmanuelle, Kabamba Baludikay, Blaise, Paquette, JL, Storme,   +6 more
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Economic impacts of cassava research and extension in Malawi and Zambia [PDF]

, 2016
This paper estimates the economic impacts of cassava research and extension in Malawi and Zambia over the period 1990-2008. The data come from sample household surveys, planting material production records, and a series of cassava improvement experiments
Alene, A., Chibwana, C., Khataza, R., Moyo, C., Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas   +4 more
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Balanced harvesting can emerge from fishing decisions by individual fishers in a small-scale fishery [PDF]

, 2016
Catching fish in proportion to their productivity, termed balanced harvesting, has been suggested as a basis for the ecosystem approach to fishing.
Andersen, Andersen, Axelrod, Bailey, Benoît, Beveridge, Beverton, Blanchard, Bonabeau, Boudreau, Branch, Burgess, Charles, Christensen, FAO, Froese, Froese, Froese, Froese, Froese, Fulton, Garcia, Garcia, Garcia, Gillis, Gillis, Howell, Hsieh, Jacobsen, Kacelnik, Kawarazuka, Kolding, Kolding, Kolding, Kolding, Law, Law, Law, Longley, Mashanova, Mills, Milner-Gulland, Misund, Munro, Nash, Putten, Rice, Schelling, Sethi, Sheldon, Shephard, Shiesser, Sumaila, Tsikliras, Tweddle, Welcomme, Zhou   +56 more
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Direct market valuation method to evaluate economic value of provisioning ecosystem services on household income in Zambia’s Bangweulu Wetland

Frontiers in Environmental Science
Wetlands are known to be one of the most productive and valuable ecosystems that provide important and diverse benefits to people around the world, contributing to provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services. However, very few studies have
Greyford Tembo, Kawawa Banda, Misheck Lesa Chundu, Chisanga Lyoba, Henry Sichingabula, Imasiku Nyambe   +5 more
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New or otherwise interesting desmid taxa from the Bangweulu region (Zambia). 1. Genera Micrasterias and Allorgeia (Desmidiales) [PDF]

Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2014
Background and aims - As for desmids, the Bangweulu wetlands in Zambia have turned out to belong to the most species-rich areas in Africa. Because of the scarce desmid literature dealing with those wetlands the present authors visited the region in question intending to increase our knowledge of African endemic species.Methods - Samples were collected ...
Coesel, P.F.M., van Geest, A.
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Proximate composition, cyanide contents, and particle size distribution of cassava flour from cassava varieties in Zambia

AIMS Agriculture and Food, 2019
The utilisation of cassava in the food industry is on the rise in Africa. However, information about the quality traits of raw material derived from new cassava varieties is limited.
Shadrack Mubanga Chisenga, Tilahun Seyoum Workneh, Geremew Bultosa, Mark Laing   +3 more
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Relationships Between Lithospheric Structures and Rifting in the East African Rift System: A Rayleigh Wave Tomography Study

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2018
The East African Rift System (EARS) provides a unique location for exploring factors influencing the development and maturation of continental rifting.
A. Adams, J. Miller, N. Accardo
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Characterization of physicochemical properties of starches from improved cassava varieties grown in Zambia

AIMS Agriculture and Food, 2019
Cassava starches processed from six different cassava varieties (Bangweulu, Katobamputa, Mweru, Kariba, Kampolombo and Chila) were assessed for variety effect on swelling, solubility, gelatinization, pasting and gel freeze-thaw stability properties.
Shadrack Mubanga Chisenga, Tilahun Seyoum Workneh, Geremew Bultosa, Mark Laing   +3 more
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