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dc.contributor.authorMubiru, David-
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-04T12:37:21Z-
dc.date.available2022-01-04T12:37:21Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationMubiru David (2021). Ecological and socio-economic effects of water hyacinth (eichhornia crassipes) on Lake Victoria: a case study of Buvuma District. In Asiimwe, Solomon (Ed). Compendium of Graduate Students’ Research Abstracts. Entebbe: Nkumba University Press.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-9970-694-00-6-
dc.identifier.urihttps://pub.nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/427-
dc.descriptionThe study findings revealed that the distribution and coverage of the water hyacinth in Buvuma District included stationary/residential 54%, patch mobile 26%, shallow residential 15%, open water 5% that had greatly affected fish productivity; causing a reduction in fish catches 30%, destruction of fishing grounds 20%, loss of breeding grounds 15%, loss of nursery grounds 30% and other effects 5%. The weed also affected the fishing communities through the loss of recreation sites 6.65%, causing diseases 10.69%, threatening food security 10.98%, threatening residential areas in Lubya, Kirongo, Namiti and Kirewe 3.76%, causing a rise in transport costs 35.84%, affecting domestic water quality and quantity 10%, limiting access to baptism and other cultural events 2.02%, causing loss of fishing gears 13.87%, and resulting in a reduction in fish catches 16.19%.en_US
dc.description.abstractLake Victoria was once home to unique and diverse fish fauna that formed a special delicacy to the fishing communities (Graharm, 1984). Until the 1970s the Lake supported a multi-species fishery. However, the introduction of aquatic vegetation presents the largest threat to socio-economic development.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNkumba university press Entebbe.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;no. 282-284-
dc.subjectWater Hyacinth,en_US
dc.subjectEcological and socioeconomic effects,en_US
dc.subjectFish catch composition,en_US
dc.subjectWater qualityen_US
dc.titleEcological and socio-economic effects of water hyacinth (eichhornia crassipes) on Lake Victoriaen_US
dc.title.alternativeA case study of Buvuma Districten_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
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