Browsing School of Pure and Applied Sciences by Author "Harper, David M."
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Ecology and Management of Lake Naivasha, Kenya, in Relation to Climatic Change, Alien Species' Introductions, and Agricultural Development
Harper, David M.; Mavuti, Kenneth M.; Muchiria, Mucai S. (University Of Nairobi, 1990)Lake Naivasha is an important freshwater resource for Kenya's foreign-currency-earning agriculture and tourism, and for water-supply. It has always experienced extensive water-level fluctuations as a consequence of irregular ... -
Genetic and morphological analyses indicate high population mixing in the endangered cichlid Alcolapia flock of East Africa
Zaccara, Serena; Crosa, Giuseppe; Vanetti, Isabella; Binelli, Giorgio; Harper, David M.; Mavuti, Kenneth M.; Balarin, John D.; Britton, J. Robert (2013)Alcolapia is a minor genus of small-bodied, polymorphic cichlids inhabiting the lagoons and hot springs surrounding the soda lakes Natron (largely in Tanzania) and Magadi (Kenya). Three Alcolapia species are present at ... -
Lake Naivasha, Kenya: Ecology, Society and Future
Harper, David M.; Morrison, Edward H.J; Macharia, Michael M.; Mavuti, Kenneth M.; Upton, Caroline (Freshwater Biological Association, 2011)We examine the degradation of the natural capital and ecosystem services of an important tropical lake, Kenya’s Lake Naivasha, in the context of human activities and exploitation since the mid-20th century. These factors ...