What is it about?
Changes in the physico-chemical environment of L. Baringo and a north-south zonal variation is presented. High fluctuations in water levels, eutrophication and increased turbidity is thought to influence the ecological sustainability of the topographically closed basin of the shallow freshwater, and its vital fisheries. The study presents a better lake monitoring network for updating the GIS information database for better mangement decision making processes, future water modelling studies, and for understanding any ecological changes, and how climatic changes may affect the shallow aquatic ecosystem, in this semi-arid climatic zone.
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Access to safe, clean and adequate drinking water is still a challenge in many remote and arid areas of Kenya. Besides this, the needs for food and water security demands that water reosurces are developed and managed properly for sustainability of the water resources and ecosystem services they provide.
Mr JOB MWAMBURI
Kenya Marine & Fisheries Research Institute
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This page is a summary of: Spatial variations in nutrients and other physicochemical variables in the topographically closed Lake Baringo freshwater basin (Kenya), Lakes & Reservoirs Science Policy and Management for Sustainable Use, March 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/lre.12052.
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