Ecology and Management of Lake Naivasha, Kenya, in Relation to Climatic Change, Alien Species' Introductions, and Agricultural Development
Date
1990
Authors
Harper, David, M.
Muchiri, Mucai
Mavuti, Kenneth, M.
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Publisher
Environmental Conservation; Cambridge Journals
Abstract
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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Keywords
freshwater lake; Lake Naivasha; water level fluctuations; irregular rainfall patterns