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Title
Management and conservation of the African Great Lakes (Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika and Malawi)
Series
Studies and Reports in Hydrology
Serial Number
N° 59
Project
IHP-IV Project M-5-1
Authors
Ruud C.M. Crul
Publication Date
1998
Volume
 
Abstract
This publication is one result of IHP-IV Project M-5-1 Comprehensive and Comparative Study of Great Lakes. The African Great Lakes Working Group of the International Limnological Society (SIL) collaborated with UNESCO’s IHP on implementing the various project activities. The project’s overall objective was to bring together the knowledge gained over the past 15 years on the limnology and hydrology of Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika and Malawi. A comprehensive, comparative study has been made in two earlier monographs on the individual lakes of Victoria (Crul, 1995, Studies & Reports in Hydrology N°53), Tanganyika and Malawi (Crul, 1997, Studies & Reports in Hydrology N°54), while the present publication focuses on the management and conservation of these same lakes.  
The role of limnological and hydrological research in addressing the management and conservation of these major inland water bodies is highlighted in these three monographs. The comparative limnology and hydrology of the three lakes are discussed and an integrated approach is elaborated. The three studies in this series may form the basis for a consensus on the hydrological and limnological descriptions of these international water systems. Consequently, it should be easier for the riparian countries to reach agreement on the use, development, planning and management of these lakes.  
(107 pp., tables, figures)
Availability
Available
Languages
English
ISBN or Document Code
ISBN 92-3-103593-2
Price
Euros 19.06
Keywords
limnology, hydrology, conservation, management, Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi, biotic environment, sediments, nutrient dynamics, hydrodynamics, water balance
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