Item Details

Title: Technical Report on the Environmental Monitoring of the Cage Area at the Source of the Nile (SON) Fish Farm for Quarter 2: April – June 2018.

Date Published: 2018
Author/s: Egessa, R., Nankabirwa, A., Namulemo, G., Ocaya, H., Kiggundu, V., Nsega, M., Basooma, R., Pabire, G.W., Naluwairo, J., Magezi, G.
Data publication: June 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, Cage fish farming, Aquaculture, Water quality, Zooplankton, Nutrient, Algae, Fish

Abstract:

The monitoring of water quality and biotic communities at Source of the Nile (SON) fish farm for quarter 2 (April to June 2018) was undertaken in June 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.