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Inshore fish population and species changes in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe

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The Impact of Species Changes in African Lakes

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Lake Kariba (Fig. 12.1) is artificial and probably one of the most studied freshwater impoundments in Africa, as judged from the bibliographical listings (Marshall, 1979; Sanyanga, 1988; Hutton, 1991). However, relatively few analyses or reviews have been published on the fish population changes (Jackson, 1961; Donnelly, 1970, 1971; Balon, 1974b; Kenmuir, 1984; Marshall, 1984; Moyo, 1986), and these describe mainly the early transformations. The last detailed analysis ends in 1975 (Kenmuir, 1984) and since 1982 no data have been published (Marshall, 1984). Moreover, as with all artificial dams and reservoirs, changes in the fish fauna are to be expected during the initial phases (Petr, 1967; Lelek, 1973; Lowe-McConnell, 1973; Balon, 1974b; Lewis, 1974) and so the critical question is when stabilization will occur and the rate of biological changes will decrease in Lake Kariba.

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    Paul J. B. Hart

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Karenge, L., Kolding, J. (1995). Inshore fish population and species changes in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. In: Pitcher, T.J., Hart, P.J.B. (eds) The Impact of Species Changes in African Lakes. Chapman & Hall Fish and Fisheries Series, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0563-7_12

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