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Species inventory and the local uses of the plants and fishes of the Lower Sondu Miriu wetland of Lake Victoria, Kenya Gichuki, J.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Mugo, J.; Rabuor, C.O.; Triest, L.; Dehairs, F.A. (2001). Species inventory and the local uses of the plants and fishes of the Lower Sondu Miriu wetland of Lake Victoria, Kenya. Hydrobiologia 458(1-3): 99-106. dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1013192330498 In: Hydrobiologia. Springer: The Hague. ISSN 0018-8158; e-ISSN 1573-5117, meer

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VLIZ: Open Marine Archive 97838 [ download pdf ]

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Aquatic organisms > Freshwater organisms > Fish > Freshwater fish Check lists Collections > Data collections Composition > Community composition Fences Fences Fishing > Artisanal fishing Flora Flora > Aquatic organisms > Aquatic plants Products > Fishery products Resource management > Resource utilization Resource utilization Resources > Natural resources > Living resources > Fishery resources Restraint of animals > Fencing > Barriers > Fences Sampling > Biological sampling Structures > Hydraulic structures > Barrages > Weirs Surveys Taxa > Species > Dominant species Water bodies > Inland waters > Lakes Water bodies > Inland waters > Wetlands Cyperus papyrus; Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms [WoRMS]; Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. [WoRMS] Africa, Victoria L. [Marine Regions]; Kenia [Marine Regions]; Kenya, Victoria L. [Marine Regions]; Tanzania, Victoria L. [Marine Regions]; Uganda, Victoria L. [Marine Regions] Zoet water

Author keywords

Cyperus papyrus; socio-economic benefits; sustainable use

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Gichuki, J. Dahdouh-Guebas, F., meer Mugo, J.	Rabuor, C.O. Triest, L., meer Dehairs, F.A., meer

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Abstract

This investigation has surveyed the plants and fishes of the Lower Sondu Miriu wetland and described their use by adjacent communities. Poverty is endemic in the area. Fish samples were caught by beach seines, fence, weir traps, baskets, spears and gill-nets. A schedule (structured/openended) was used to discover the major local uses of wetland plants. A total of 37 species of aquatic plants were identified. The dominants were Cyperus papyrus L. (Papyrus), Eichhornia crassipes Mart. Solms-Laubach (Water hyacinth),Vossia cuspidata Roxb. (Hippo grass) and Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex. Steud. (Reeds) in a descending order of dominance. The invasion of the wetland by Water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes, which has lead to sudden disappearance of submerged macrophytes at the swamp-lake interface zone, is reported here for the first time. Twelve families consisting of 28 species of fish were identified, the bulk of which consisted of the indigenous fish species of Lake Victoria. A dependence on the wetland plants for the supply of building material and cooking fuel is highlighted. Traditional use is recommended as opposed to commercial-scale enterprise and industry based on swamp plants, since subsistence utilization is compatible with sustainable utilization.

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