• DOI:10.3750/AIP2011.41.3.08
Corpus ID: 55478886

A recent inventory of the fishes of the north-western and central western coast of Lake Tanganyika (Democratic Republic Congo)

@article{Steenberge2011ARI,
  title={A recent inventory of the fishes of the north-western and central western coast of Lake Tanganyika (Democratic Republic Congo)},
  author={M. V. Steenberge and M. Vanhove and Donatien Muzumani Risasi and T. M. N'sibula and F. M. Bukinga and A. Pariselle and C{\'e}line Gillardin and E. Vreven and J. Raeymaekers and T. Huyse and F. Volckaert and Venant Nshombo Muderhwa and J. Snoeks},
  journal={Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria},
  year={2011},
  volume={41},
  pages={201-214}
}

M. V. Steenberge, M. Vanhove, +10 authors J. Snoeks

Published 2011

Biology

Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria

Background. Despite the importance of Lake Tanganyika's biodiversity for science and the livelihoods of the riparian people, high-resolution surveys of the fish biodiversity are sparse and fragmentary, especially along the western (Congolese) shoreline. The coast suffers locally from intensive human activities and lacks adequate protective measures or nature reserves. However, in view of the intra-lacustrine endemism of this fish fauna, conservation needs to be managed lake-wide at a fine scale… CONTINUE READING

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