Assessment of the Ecological Health of Afrotropical Rivers Using Fish Assemblages: A Case Study of Selected Rivers in the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya

Assessment of the Ecological Health of Afrotropical Rivers Using Fish Assemblages: A Case Study of Selected Rivers in the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya

Streams and rivers are globally threatened ecosystems because of increasing levels of exploitation, habitat degradation and other anthropogenic pressures. In the Lake Victoria Basin (LVB) in East Africa, these threats are mostly caused by unsustainable land use; however, the monitoring of ecological...

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Main Authors: Alfred O. Achieng, Frank O. Masese, Tracey J. Coffey, Phillip O. Raburu, Simon W. Agembe, Catherine M. Febria, Boaz Kaunda-Arara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Water
Subjects:
afrotropical rivers
niche breadth
fish index of biotic integrity
trophic level
species sensitivity
multivariate analysis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frwa.2020.620704/full

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