Open AccessRelationship between water transparency and species richness of surviving Haplochromines in selected habitats in Mwanza gulf - Lake Victoria
Author(s) -
Hillary D. J. Mrosso,
B. S. Msuku,
Ole Seehausen
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
tanzania journal of science/tanzania journal of science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2507-7961
pISSN - 0856-1761
DOI - 10.4314/tjs.v30i1.18392
Subject(s) - species richness , tanzania , habitat , ecology , geography , sampling (signal processing) , biodiversity , species diversity , fishery , biology , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision , environmental planning
Several of the surviving haplochromine species have been recorded in habitats of different water transparencies within the Mwanza Gulf. Sampling for the haplochromines was carried out in muddy, rocky, sandy and vegetated habitats. All of the recorded species had been reported previously. Fewer species were encountered than previously reported in the same sampling stations. There was evidence for positive correlation between species richness and water transparency that was reinforced with data on ecological differentiation. Further exploration and conservation measures of diversity have been suggested for Lake Victoria haplochromines