Browsing Faculty of Science & Technology (FST) by Author "Harper, David M"
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Ecology and Management of Lake Naivasha, Kenya, in Relation to Climatic Change, Alien Species' Introductions, and Agricultural Development
(University Of Nairobi, 1990)Lake Naivasha is an important freshwater resource for Kenya's foreign-currency-earning agriculture and tourism, and for water-supply. It has always experienced extensive water-level fluctuations as a consequence of irregular ... -
The introduced Micropterus salmoides in an equatorial lake: a paradoxical loser in an invasion meltdown scenario?
(Springer NetherlandsSchool of Biological Sciences, University of NairobiDepartment of Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK, 2010)Micropterus salmoides is a North American piscivorous fish on the IUCN list of 100 of the world’s worst invasive alien species. Introduced into Lake Naivasha (Kenya) in 1929, their current population abundance is significantly ... -
Lake Naivasha, Kenya: Ecology, Society and Future
(Freshwater Biological AssociationDepartment of Biology, University of LeicesterDepartment of Geography, University of LeicesterZoology Department, National Museums of Kenya,Birdlife International, Africa Secretariat, ICIPE CampusSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi,, 2011)We examine the degradation of the natural capital and ecosystem services of an important tropical lake, Kenya’s Lake Naivasha, in the context of human activities and exploitation since the mid-20th century. These factors ... -
Population structure and secondary productivity of Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Claparede) and Branchiura sowerbyi Beddard in the profundal zone of Lake Naivasha, Kenya
(Kluwer Academic PublisherDepartment of Fisheries, Moi UniversityDepartment of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.KDepartment of Zoology, University of Nairobi,, 2002)Lake Naivasha has been well studied since the 1930s but attempts to understand its ecological functioning have had to wait until enough was known about its structure. The energetics of the lake has only been studied to ... -
A review of allodiversity in Lake Naivasha, Kenya: Developing conservation actions to protect East African lakes from the negative impacts of alien species
(ScienceDirectDipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica “Leo Pardi”, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via Romana 17, 50125 Firenze, ItalySchool of Conservation Sciences, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB, UKSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, KenyaSchool of Biological Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UKDepartment of Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UKDipartimento di Ecologia, Università degli Studi della Calabria, 87030 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy, 2011)The biodiversity of developing countries is increasingly threatened by introductions of invasive alien species. This study on the allodiversity in Lake Naivasha, Kenya reviews the pathways, establishment rates and outcomes ...
