The impact of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart) Solms on the abundance and diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates along the shores of northern Lake Victoria, Uganda

By W. F. Masifwa, T. Twongo, P. Denny. Hydrobiologia, 2001

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Invasive species, climate change and ecosystem-based adaptation : addressing multiple drivers of global change (2010, background): “Human health can be impacted when water hyacinth acts as a breeding ground for mosquitoes that transmit malaria and for freshwater snails that transmit bilharzia (schistosomiasis) (Ogutu-Ohwayu 1997, Masifwa et al. 2001, Plummer 2005).”
Classical biological control for the protection of natural ecosystems (2010, background): “Similarly, E. crassipes mats lowered diversity of littoral macroinvertebrates on Lake Victoria (Masifwa et al., 2001).”
Threats, management and envisaged utilizations of aquatic weed Eichhornia crassipes: an overview (2012, background): “Snails serving as vector for the parasite of Schistosomiasis reside in the tangled weed mat (Masifiwa et al. 2001).”
Ecological and socio-economic impacts of invasive water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes): a review (2010, background): “Aquatic plants provide ideal habitat for macroinvertebrate colonisation (Sharitz & Batzer, 1999; Masifwa et al., 2001).”