Feeding ecology and population characteristics of Oreochromis niloticus (L.) and trophic interactions in the fish community of Nyanza Gulf, Lake Victoria, Kenya
Oreochromis niloticus (L.) were caught by beach seining, hook and line and trawling from Nyanza Gulf, lake Victoria (Kenya) in order to study their feeding ecology and population characteristics. Collected fish were weighed and TL measured immediately after capture. Fish were dissected and sexed. Stomach contents were removed and preserved in 4% buffered formalin for laboratory analysis. In the laboratory items were sorted into categories such as three quarters, half and quarter and awarded 20, 15 and 5 points respectively. Main food items for O. niloticus from November 1998 to March 1999 were insects, algae, fish and plant material. Increase in insects in the diet of O. niloticus might be attributed to the lake infestation by water hyacinth which harbours different species of insects
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| Format: | book_section biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Fisheries Data Working Group of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Research Project
1999
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| Subjects: | Fisheries, Biology, Africa, Lake Victoria, Kenya, Nyanza, Nyanza Gulf, aquatic insects, community composition, feeding, infestation, population factors, stomach content, trophic relationships, weeds, Oreochromis niloticus, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/21441 |
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