Shifts in the food of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.) in Lake Victoria, Kenya

By M. Njiru, J. B. Okeyo-owuor, M. Muchiri, I. Cowx. 2004

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Subfields: Aquatic Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry

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• First evidence of microplastics in the African Great Lakes: Recovery from Lake Victoria Nile perch and Nile tilapia (2016, background): “, 2015), particularly the native tilapiine species such as the Victoria tilapia (Oreochromis variabilis) and singidia tilapia (Oreochromis esculentus), which subsequently disappeared from parts of the Lake (Njiru et al., 2004; Ogutu-Ohwayo, 1990).”
• Ecological and socio-economic impacts of invasive water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes): a review (2010, result): “A similar situation occurred in Lake Victoria (Uganda) where Nile perch shifted their diets to include a larger component of insects specifically associated with water hyacinth in that system (Njiru et al., 2004).”