Assessment of pesticide concentrations in environmental and biological parameters from two Kenyan Rift Valley Lakes

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dc.contributor.advisorSimmons, Robert Een_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorVirani, Muniren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGudka, Masumien_ZA
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dc.date.available2015-01-11T13:28:27Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn the last two decades Kenyan agriculture has developed rapidly. In particular, horticultural and floricultural activities have intensified on the riparian fringe of Lake Naivasha, a RAMSAR site. The lake supports a large variety of wildlife and avifauna in particular. In the 1980s, the African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) population on the lake was the densest in Africa. As a top predator resident in the Kenyan Rift Valley Lakes the African Fish-Eagle is a good indicator of general ecosystem health but is also highly susceptible to toxic effects of pesticide contamination...Globally, most organochlorine pesticides have been banned, but endosulfan, HCH and methoxychlor are widely used in Kenya, while aldrin, dieldrin and lindane are restricted and DDT, endrin, and heptachlor banned. Studies examining residue levels of these harmful chemicals in African Fish-Eagles are limited to small sample sizes examined in the 1970s and 1980s. This study is the first comprehensive investigation of organochlorine residue contamination in biological and environmental parameters from Lake Naivasha and the control water body at Lake Baringo.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGudka, M. (2012). <i>Assessment of pesticide concentrations in environmental and biological parameters from two Kenyan Rift Valley Lakes</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12083en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGudka, Masumi. <i>"Assessment of pesticide concentrations in environmental and biological parameters from two Kenyan Rift Valley Lakes."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12083en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGudka, M. 2012. Assessment of pesticide concentrations in environmental and biological parameters from two Kenyan Rift Valley Lakes. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Gudka, Masumi AB - In the last two decades Kenyan agriculture has developed rapidly. In particular, horticultural and floricultural activities have intensified on the riparian fringe of Lake Naivasha, a RAMSAR site. The lake supports a large variety of wildlife and avifauna in particular. In the 1980s, the African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) population on the lake was the densest in Africa. As a top predator resident in the Kenyan Rift Valley Lakes the African Fish-Eagle is a good indicator of general ecosystem health but is also highly susceptible to toxic effects of pesticide contamination...Globally, most organochlorine pesticides have been banned, but endosulfan, HCH and methoxychlor are widely used in Kenya, while aldrin, dieldrin and lindane are restricted and DDT, endrin, and heptachlor banned. Studies examining residue levels of these harmful chemicals in African Fish-Eagles are limited to small sample sizes examined in the 1970s and 1980s. This study is the first comprehensive investigation of organochlorine residue contamination in biological and environmental parameters from Lake Naivasha and the control water body at Lake Baringo. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Assessment of pesticide concentrations in environmental and biological parameters from two Kenyan Rift Valley Lakes TI - Assessment of pesticide concentrations in environmental and biological parameters from two Kenyan Rift Valley Lakes UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12083 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12083
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGudka M. Assessment of pesticide concentrations in environmental and biological parameters from two Kenyan Rift Valley Lakes. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12083en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentPercy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherConservation Biologyen_ZA
dc.titleAssessment of pesticide concentrations in environmental and biological parameters from two Kenyan Rift Valley Lakesen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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