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Responsible fisheries enhancing poverty alleviation of fishing communities of Lake Kainji [PDF]
The attributes of responsible fisheries in enhancing Poverty Alleviation of fishing Communities of Lake Kainji were appraised. After impoundment in 1968, the catch per unit effort of fish continued on a downward trend, which suggested a decline in the ...
Abiodun, J.A. +5 more
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Acute toxicity of synyhetic resin effluent to African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus [BURCHELL, 1822]. [PDF]
Aquatic pollution as a field has gained a lot of attention over the decades majorly because of the vital role the aquatic environment plays in the human lifecycle.
Dahunsi, S. O., Oranusi, S. U.
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This study investigates mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), and arsenic (As) contamination in water, sediments, finfish, and shellfish from the Tano River in Ghana’s Western North Region. Forty‐eight fish and shellfish samples (12 species) and 27 paired water/sediment samples were analyzed.
Harold Kobena Appiah +5 more
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Conservation and sustainable utilization of Nigerian ornamental fishes [PDF]
The paper assessed qualitatively the threat status of nigerian freshwater fishes that are presently being exported and those that have potential in aquarium trade using such criteria as rarity, size at maturity, mode of reproduction, human population ...
Olaosebikan, B.D.
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Structure and diversity of fish communities in man-made ponds of the Niger Delta (southern Nigeria) [PDF]
1. A survey of eight local earthen hand-dug ponds located within the freshwater swamps of a Niger Delta area (southern Nigeria) was conducted over a period of 3 months.
Ajong, Stephanie Nwanefulu +11 more
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Oreochromis hunteri Günther, 1889, commonly known as Lake Chala tilapia, is an endemic cichlid restricted to the small crater lake, Lake Chala, on the border of Kenya and Tanzania. This review synthesizes existing knowledge on the taxonomy, and phylogenetic placement, distribution and ecology, and biology including nutritional composition, and ...
Jonathan Munguti +8 more
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Fisheries statistical bulletin, Kainji Lake, Nigeria, 1999 [PDF]
A tabulated summary is presented of the main Lake Kainji fisheries data collected to date (1999) by the Nigerian-German Kainji Lake Fisheries Promotion Project, together with a current overview of the fishery.
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The progression of oocyte development and patterns of oocyte recruitment are key indicators of reproductive strategy in fishes. The present study examines, for the first time, the fecundity strategy of cage‐reared Etroplus suratensis in Vembanad Lake using four indicators: (a) the oocyte size frequency distribution across ovarian reproductive phases ...
Mohammad Saddam Hussain +7 more
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A review of recent advances in commercial tilapia culture [PDF]
The paper introduces the tilapias as important culture fish; their classification, breeding habits and general ecology are discussed. The versatility and plasticity of their reproduction and growth are major advantages as well as draw backs in their use ...
Sagua, V.O.
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Sensitivity of Cichlasoma facetum (Cichlidae, Pisces) to Metals
Although most of the existent information regarding the sensitivity of fish to pollutants has aimed to the study of Holartic species (Ramamoorthy and Baddaloo 1995), contributions on organisms from other types of ecological communities belonging to Neotropical environments have been recently undertaken considering native and introduced species ...
Bulus Rossini, Gustavo Daniel +1 more
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