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Title: Technical Report on the Environmental Monitoring of the Cage Area at the Source of the Nile (SON) Fish Farm for Quarter 4: October – December 2017.

Date Published: 2017
Author/s: Egessa, R., Nankabirwa,. A. , Namulemo , G. , Kizza , P., Ocaya, H. , Kiggundu, V., Nsega , M. , Pabire, G. W. , Naluwairo, J. , Magezi, G., Mukasa, J.
Data publication: December, 2017
Funding Agency : Source of the Nile (SON) Fish Farm
Copyright/patents/trade marks: National Fisheries Resources Research Institute, (NaFIRRI)
Journal Publisher: National Fisheries Resources Research Institute, (NaFIRRI)
Affiliation: National Fisheries Resources Research Institute, (NaFIRRI)
Keywords: Environmental Monitoring, Fisheries, Fish Farm, Water Environment, water physico-chemicals and nutrients, algae, zooplankton, benthic macro invertebrates, and fish communities.

Abstract:

The monitoring of water quality and biotic communities at Source of the Nile (SON) fish farm area, for quarter 4 (October – December) was undertaken in December 2017. The activity aimed at assessing possible changes in the water environment at SON cage area. The following parameters were assessed: water physico-chemicals and nutrients, algae, zooplankton, benthic macro invertebrates, and fish communities.