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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 2: April-June 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.
Data publication: June, 2017
Funding Agency : Source of the Nile 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: Fisheries, Environmental monitoring, Fish farm, Algae, Zooplankton, Benthic Macro invertebrates , Fish communities.

Abstract:

National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI) undertakes quarterly monitoring of the water environment at Source of the Nile (SON) fish farm. The activity which is through a collaborative arrangement between SON fish farm and NaFIRRI aims at assessing possible changes in the water environment at SON cage area. The current monitoring study for quarter 2 (April to June 2017) was conducted in June 2017 and the following parameters were measured: physical and chemical parameters in water column, sediment grain size and percent organic matter, algae, zooplankton, benthic macro invertebrates and fish communities.