Item Details

Title: Technical Report on the Environmental Monitoring of the Cage Area at the Source of the Nile (SON) Fish Farm for Quarter 1: January – March 2018

Date Published: 2018
Author/s: Egessa, R., Nankabirwa, A. , Namulemo , G., Kizza, P., Ocaya, H. , Kiggundu, V., Nsega , M. , Pabire, G. W. , Naluwairo, J. , Magezi, G.
Data publication: April 2018
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, Water physical Chemical variables, Algae, Zooplankton, Benthic macro invertebrates, Fish

Abstract:

The monitoring of water quality and biotic communities at Source of the Nile (SON) fish farm for quarter 1 (January – March) was undertaken in March 2018. The activity aimed at assessing the status of the water environment at the farm area. The following parameters were assessed: water physico-chemicals and nutrients, algae, zooplankton, benthic macro invertebrates, and fish communities.