From Limnology To Fisheries: Lake Tanganyika And Other Large Lakes (developments In Hydrobiology)

Based on modern limnology and environmental research, syntheses of the composition, functions and production of pelagic ecosystems are being provided in the Great Lakes of Africa. Special attention is given to Lake Tanganyika and recent research activities. New findings on relationships between lake hydrophysics, climatic patterns and biological productivity are presented. The roles of organic matters and microbes are discussed. The implications of environmental and fishery research on regional fisheries management are presented, together with the outcomes of the recent major research projects in lakes Tanganyika and Malawi, particularly in practical fisheries development. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Fisheries research towards resource management on Lake Tanganyika....Pages 1-24 A three dimensional-circulation model of Lake Tanganyika....Pages 25-35 Mathematical modelling of Lake Baikal hydrodynamics....Pages 37-43 Limnological annual cycle inferred from physical-chemical fluctuations at three stations of Lake Tanganyika....Pages 45-58 Meromixis, stratification and internal waves in Kigoma waters of Lake Tanganyika....Pages 59-64 The inflow of the Rusizi River to Lake Tanganyika....Pages 65-73 Chemical composition of the small rivers of the north-western part of Lake Tanganyika....Pages 75-80 The stoichiometry of particulate nutrients in Lake Tanganyika — implications for nutrient limitation of phytoplankton....Pages 81-88 Phytoplankton in Lake Tanganyika — vertical and horizontal distribution of in vivo fluorescence....Pages 89-103 Spatial and temporal changes in copepod zooplankton communities of Lake Tanganyika....Pages 105-114 Vertical distribution and migration of pelagic Copepoda in Lake Tanganyika....Pages 115-121 Macrozooplankton communities in Lake Tanganyika indicate food chain differences between the northern part and the main basins....Pages 123-129 Feeding ecology of Lates stappersii in Lake Tanganyika....Pages 131-139 Genetic differentiation of endemic nile perch Lates stappersi ( Centropomidae , Pisces ) populations in Lake Tanganyika suggested by RAPD markers....Pages 141-148 Trophic structure of Lake Tanganyika: carbon flows in the pelagic food web....Pages 149-173 The food and feeding behaviour of Limnothrissa miodon (Boulenger, 1906) in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe....Pages 175-182 Prospects for the fishery on the small pelagic Rastrineobola argentea in Lake Victoria....Pages 183-189 Spatial and temporal patterns of zooplankton standing biomass and production in Lake Malawi....Pages 191-205 Simulation of reproductive rate, prey selection and the survival of pelagic fish of the African Great Lakes....Pages 207-218 Back Matter....Pages 219-220