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Chrisphine Nyamweya

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
Verified email at kmfri.go.ke
Cited by 1165

Lake Victoria fisheries: Outlook and management

…, R Kundu, C Nyamweya - Lakes & Reservoirs …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The past subsistence of the Lake Victoria fishery was dominated by rich, diverse haplochromine
cichlids. This multispecies fishery has undergone a decline over the past four decades, …

Lake Victoria: Overview of research needs and the way forward

C Nyamweya, TJ Lawrence, MZ Ajode, S Smith… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over 42 million people rely on Lake Victoria as their primary source of food, employment,
and clean drinking water. The lake's fisheries have produced around one million tonnes in …

Consequences of calamities and their management: The case of COVID-19 pandemic and flooding on inland capture fisheries in Kenya

CM Aura, CS Nyamweya, CO Odoli, H Owiti… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2020 - Elsevier
During the period February to June 2020, heavy rainfall caused increases in levels and
flooding in many lakes in East Africa. This coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. These …

Mind the gaps for the best practices: Enhancing the management of Lake Victoria fisheries resources

…, R Kayanda, P Mbullo, CS Nyamweya… - Lakes & Reservoirs …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fisheries resources face a confluence of socio‐ecological challenges, the resolution of which
requires interdisciplinary scientific information for sustainable utilization and management. …

A century of drastic change: Human-induced changes of Lake Victoria fisheries and ecology

CS Nyamweya, V Natugonza, A Taabu-Munyaho… - Fisheries …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lake Victoria biophysical and geochemical status has changed dramatically within an
unprecedentedly short time scale driven by human actions. These actions can be broadly …

[HTML][HTML] Need for harmonized long-term multi-lake monitoring of African Great Lakes

…, M Nshombo, G Ntakimazi, C Nyamweya… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2023 - Elsevier
To ensure the long-term sustainable use of African Great Lakes (AGL), and to better understand
the functioning of these ecosystems, authorities, managers and scientists need regularly …

Impacts of Nile Perch, Lates niloticus, introduction on the ecology, economy and conservation of Lake Victoria, East Africa

…, J Njiru, JS Balirwa, CS Nyamweya - Lakes & Reservoirs …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… the dominance of C. nilotica in their diet could be attributed to increased hypoxia in the
lake. C. nilotica have been observed to thrive in hypoxic conditions (Mugidde et al. 2005). …

Management of Lake Victoria fishery: are we looking for easy solutions?

…, A Taabu-Munyaho, CS Nyamweya… - … Ecosystem Health & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Lake Victoria, East Africa, supports a fishery that yields about one million tonnes per annum
consisting predominantly of three species, Nile Perch (Lates niloticus), Nile Tilapia (…

Spatial-temporal dynamics of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) and other macrophytes and their impact on fisheries in Lake Victoria, Kenya

…, CM Aura, Z Ogari, JM Njiru, CS Nyamweya - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2018 - Elsevier
… 2a, b and c for the year 2015 preceding the peak, 2016 peak and 2017 after peak, respectively.,
The notable fluctuations in water hyacinth invasions from year to year are shown in Fig. 3…

[HTML][HTML] Beaten but not down! Exploring resilience among female sex workers (FSWs) in Nairobi, Kenya

…, C Nyamweya… - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Background In Kenya sex work is illegal and those engaged in the trade are stigmatized
and marginalized. We explored how female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya, utilize different …