Stafford Kenmuir, D.H. (1980) Aspects of the biology and population dynamics of freshwater mussels in Lake Kariba and Lake McIlwaine. Kariba, Zimbabwe, Department of National Parks and Wild Life Management , 381pp. (Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute Project Report,36)
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Abstract
The essential aim of this study was to provide a broad foundation of biological knowledge upon which a programme of mussel utilization and management could be built. Results of the study are presented in three main sections. Part 1 describes the stock of Lake Kariba and Lake McIlwaine; part 2 describes various aspects of the breeding biology of the three species; and part 3 presents the results of morphological, biochemical and age analyses - aspects which are used for initial standing crop and production calculations. The final discussion concludes the thesis with a general examination in ecological terms of the factors which have influenced the development and nature of the mussel faunas of the two lakes under consideration.
| Item Type: | Monograph or Serial issue | ||||
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| Title: | Aspects of the biology and population dynamics of freshwater mussels in Lake Kariba and Lake McIlwaine | ||||
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| Series Name: | Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute Project Report | ||||
| Volume: | 36 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 381 | ||||
| Date: | July 1980 | ||||
| Publisher: | Department of National Parks and Wild Life Management | ||||
| Place of Publication: | Kariba, Zimbabwe | ||||
| Issuing Agency: | Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute, Zimbabwe | ||||
| Additional Information: | Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in the Department of Zoology of the University of Natal (South Africa) | ||||
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Zimbabwe; Lake Kariba; Lake McIlwaine; bivalvia; mussels; population dynamics; reproduction | ||||
| Subjects: | Biology Ecology Environment Limnology | ||||
| Item ID: | 8520 | ||||
| Depositing User: | Mr Luigi Baldassari | ||||
| Date Deposited: | 14 Mar 2012 09:32 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2012 09:32 | ||||
| URI: | http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/8520 |
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