Fish diversity of Gambia River floodplain (Senegal) and Turkana Lake (Kenya), two fish communities endangered by dam construction

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Fish diversity of Gambia River floodplain (Senegal) and Turkana Lake (Kenya), two fish communities endangered by dam construction
Original language description
The River Gambia is unique in being the last major river in West Africa with a natural hydrological regime. The large adjacent floodplains in the lower half of the river are seasonally inundated by floodwater. Sampling occured over five years (2004-2008)in Niokolo Koba National Park and its vicinity in 22 sites representing five major habitat types (main river, tributaries, large oxbow lakes, temporary water bodies and spring pools). Our sampling resulted in 62 fish species from 22 families and only native species were found. Data were compared with records from the 1950s, yielding a conservative estimate of 73 fish species occurring in the park. There have been several plans to dam the River Gambia but the most recent one suggests construction of hydroelectric power plant at Sambangalou, on the Senegal-Guinea border. Significant effects on the hydrology of the river having wide ecological consequences along the entire stretch of the River Gambia are expected.
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Project
<a href="/en/project/GBP505%2F12%2FG112" target="_blank" >GBP505/12/G112: ECIP - European Centre of Ichtyoparasitology</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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