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Ecology and Management of Lake Naivasha, Kenya, in Relation to Climatic Change, Alien Species' Introductions, and Agricultural Development

David M. Harper, +2 more
- 01 Dec 1990 - 
- Vol. 17, Iss: 4, pp 328-336
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The lake Naivasha is an important freshwater resource for Kenya's foreign-currency-earning agriculture and tourism, and for water-supply as mentioned in this paper, and it has always experienced extensive water-level fluctuations as a consequence of irregular rainfall patterns that are affected by continental-scale climatic events.
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Lake Naivasha is an important freshwater resource for Kenya's foreign-currency-earning agriculture and tourism, and for water-supply. It has always experienced extensive water-level fluctuations as a consequence of irregular rainfall patterns that are affected by continental-scale climatic events, and its communities — particularly of aquatic plants — were adapted to these changes.

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ABSTRACT
Lake Naivasha is an important freshwater resource for Kenya's foreign -currency-earning agriculture and tourism, and
for water-supply. It has always experienced extensive water-level fluctuations as a consequence of irregular rainfall
patterns that are affected by continental-scale climatic events, and its communities — particularly of aquatic plants —
were adapted to these changes.
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