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- Title
Papyrus wetlands, nutrients balance, fisheries collapse, food security, and Lake Victoria level decline in 2000–2006.
- Authors
Kiwango, Yustina; Wolanski, Eric
- Abstract
The future of Lake Victoria and its people is highly related to the future of its papyrus wetlands. This appears to be threatened by the overdrawing of water at two dams at the outlet of Lake Victoria in Uganda, which can lead to wetland loss, tilapia fisheries collapse, enhanced eutrophication of the lake, loss of food security for the empoverished population, and a measurable contribution to global warming.
- Subjects
UGANDA; WETLANDS; PAPYRUS swamps; TILAPIA; RIVER ecology; DAMS; WATER use; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL warming; LAKES
- Publication
Wetlands Ecology & Management, 2008, Vol 16, Issue 2, p89
- ISSN
0923-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11273-007-9072-4