The living planet index (LPI) for migratory freshwater fish: Technical report

S Deinet, K Scott-Gatty, H Rotton, WM Twardek… - 2020 - research.rug.nl
Migratory freshwater fish (ie fish that use freshwater systems, either partly or exclusively)
occur around the world and travel between critical habitats to complete their life cycle. They …

[HTML][HTML] Hydroclimatic analysis of rising water levels in the Great rift Valley Lakes of Kenya

M Herrnegger, G Stecher, C Schwatke… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Study Region The Great Rift Valley lakes of Kenya have recently experienced
significant increases in their water levels, negatively impacting the local communities. This …

Land use effects on water quality, habitat, and macroinvertebrate and diatom communities in African highland streams

T Dalu, T Mwedzi, RJ Wasserman… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic activities have increasingly subjected freshwater ecosystems globally to
various pressures. Increasing land use activities have been highly linked to deteriorating …

Spatial variability in water quality and macroinvertebrate assemblages across a disturbance gradient in the Mara River Basin, Kenya

HL Lubanga, JO Manyala, A Sitati, MJ Yegon… - Ecohydrology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Across the Afrotropical ecosystems human activities are increasingly modifying natural flow
regimes, nutrient and organic matter loading and processing in streams and rivers with …

First Mediterranean Assessment Report–Chapter 4: Ecosystems

MV Balzan, AER Hassoun, N Aroua… - … Change in the …, 2020 - amu.hal.science
Despite covering only 0.82% of the ocean's surface, the Mediterranean Sea supports up to
18% of all known marine species, with 21% being listed as vulnerable and 11% as …

Risk assessment of water quantity and quality stressors to balance the use and protection of vulnerable water resources

M Wade, GC O'Brien, V Wepener… - Integrated …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In developing regions of the world, valuable and vulnerable water resources are being used
excessively. Through water resource development, multiple water quality, flow, and other …

Fish assemblages and size-spectra variation among rivers of Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya

AO Achieng, FO Masese, B Kaunda-Arara - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Riverine ecosystems are some of the most biologically diverse on earth, but are also among
the most threatened by anthropogenic actions. Lack of local-scale studies monitoring …

Detecting changes in fish behaviour in real time to alert managers to thresholds of potential concern

MJ Burnett, V Süßle, T Saayman… - River Research and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fish behaviour is one biological organisational level regularly used to assess the state of
freshwater ecosystems and can be monitored using fish telemetry methods. The …

Inundation area drives hippo group aggregation and dispersal in a seasonal floodplain system

CJA Fritsch, M Plebani, CT Downs - Mammalian Biology, 2022 - Springer
Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)(hereafter hippos) are iconic and
understudied ecological engineers in African aquatic and terrestrial systems. Temporal …

Prioritizing conservation in sub‐Saharan African lakes based on freshwater biodiversity and algal bloom metrics

C Danaher, T Newbold, J Cardille… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As agricultural land use and climate change continue to pose increasing threats to
biodiversity in sub‐Saharan Africa, efforts are being made to identify areas where trade‐offs …