Ecology and Management of Lake Naivasha, Kenya, in Relation to Climatic Change, Alien Species' Introductions, and Agricultural Development

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1990

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Harper, David, M.
Muchiri, Mucai
Mavuti, Kenneth, M.

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Environmental Conservation; Cambridge Journals

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Lake Naivasha is an important freshwater resource for Kenya's foreign-currency-earning agriculture and tourism, and for water-supply. It has always experienced extensive water-level fluctuations as a consequence of irregular rainfall patterns that are affected by continental-scale climatic events, and its communities — particularly of aquatic plants — were adapted to these changes.

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freshwater lake; Lake Naivasha; water level fluctuations; irregular rainfall patterns

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