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CHARACTERIZATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES AND IMPACTS OF ARTISANAL FISHING ON SEAGRASS MEADOWS OF GAZI BAY, SOUTH COAST, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2019-09-28)isheries resources are critical to coastal communities livelihoods, providing food and income. The exploitation of fisheries resources in the tropics is mainly small-scale in nature characterized by being multi-species and ... -
INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF BUTTERFLY FARMING & HARVESTING ON WILD BUTTERFLY POPULATION IN THE NATURE RESERVE OF ARABUKO SOKOKE FOREST, KILIFI COUNTY KENYA
(Pwani University, 2019-08-28)Butterflies are among the most studied Lepidoptera in the world, More recently, studies of butterflies in tropical rain forests have resulted in a cottage industry as "farms" or "ranches" where live butterflies are reared ... -
DETERMINATION OF PREVALENCE OF DEFAULTING AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS FROM TREATMENT AMONG TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS IN KILIFI NORTH SUB COUNTY
(Pwani University, 2019-09-28)Tuberculosis is a major public health problem and remains one of the deadliest communicable diseases. Understanding the characteristics of patients who default from treatment for tuberculosis will help modify the strategies ... -
ASSESSMENT OF MARINE MEGA-FAUNA BY-CATCH IN THE ARTISANAL FISHERY ALONG NORTH COAST KENYA
(Pwani University, 2017-06)The populations of long-lived marine mega-fauna including elasmobranchs, marine mammals and sea turtles is declining around the world because of their high vulnerability to fishing activities and mortality. Most mega-fauna ... -
ASSESSMENT OF THE ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY OF LOWER SABAKI RIVER USING MACRO-BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES AS BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(Pwani University, 2016-11)The present study was conducted at the lower reaches of the Athi-Galana-Sabaki River system that empties its water into the Indian Ocean.The objective of the study was to assess the ecological integrity of the lower Sabaki ... -
IMPACT OF INITIAL HANDLING ON QUALITY AND SHELF LIFE OF PENAEID SHRIMPS BY ARTISANAL FISHERMEN IN KURAWA NORTH COAST KENYA
(Pwani University, 2017-07)The present study was conducted to determine the effect of initial handling of shrimps after they were caught by the small scale fisheries of Kurawa North coast Kenya. Further, the study was aimed at assessing the effect ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SMALL-SCALE TUNA FISHERY IN KENYA
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-05-09)una are marine fish that belong to the family Scombridae. Worldwide, they provide major source of income, food and livelihood to the coastal fishing communities. They are widely distributed in tropical waters with vast ... -
ROLE OF ENTOMOLOGICAL FACTORS IN SUSTENANCE OF RESIDUAL MALARIA PARASITE TRANSMISSION IN KILIFI COUNTY, KENYAN COAST
(Pwani Unversity, 2018-03-08)Malaria vector control strategies have been rolled out in malaria endemic areas leading to reduction in disease transmission and morbidity in some regions. However, the persistence in local malaria transmission has not ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF FISHERIES RESOURCES IN WATER RESERVOIRS OF THE SOLAR SALTWORKS IN UNGWANA BAY, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2016-07)The reservoirs of the salt works in Magarini Constituency within Ungwana Bay, Kenya support livelihoods of local fishers and fish traders in the area. However, despite this importance, information about their fisheries ... -
THE EFFICACY OF PACKAGING MATERIALS IN REDUCING MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION IN READY-TO-EAT STREET VENDED FRIED FISH AND SUBSEQUENT CONSUMER PERCEPTION
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-07-08)Street vending of ready-to-eat (RTE) food is an important source of livelihood accounting for the employment of millions of people who are poor, unskilled and have limited formal education (Bino, 2006). Despite the ... -
ABUNDANCE, RESIDENCY PATTERNS AND HOME-RANGE OF BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS (Tursiops aduncus) INHABITING MALINDI-WATAMU MARINE PROTECTED AREA, KENYA.
(Pwani University, 2017-04)The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin Tursiops aduncus is globally distributed in the Indo-West pacific region. Along the Kenyan coast, the species has been recorded in the Malindi-Watamu Marine Protected Area (MPA) and the ... -
INFLUENCE OF SEAWEED EXTRACT IN ENHANCING PHYTOREMEDIATION OF BIO-DIGESTER EFFLUENT BY DUCKWEED
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-08-07)Enriching water bodies with nutrients contaminates water bodies. Whereas, the use of duckweed plants to restore eutrophied water bodies have been going on, treating duckweed with seaweed extract to increase N and P removal ... -
HOOK SIZE SELECTIVITY IN THE HANDLINE FISHERIES OF SHIMONI, SOUTH COAST KENYA
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-05-06)Handline fisheries employ hooks of different sizes and therefore select fish according to species and size which can influence the composition of fish stocks in any given fishery. The aim of this study was to assess the ... -
STOCK STATUS AND SOME ASPECTS OF THE BIOLOGY OF THE PINK EAR EMPEROR LETHRINUS LENTJAN (LAĆEPÈDE, 1802) IN SOUTH COAST KENYA
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-10-06)The pink ear emperor Lethrinus lentjan (Laćepède, 1802) is among three demersal fish species dominating catches in the artisanal fishery along the Kenya coast. Available data indicate that total landings of L. lentjan ... -
EVALUATION OF ACACIA STUHLMANNII PLANT EXTRACTS FOR THEIR EFFICACY ON MANAGEMENT OF BACTERIAL WILT OF TOMATO CAUSED BY RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM
(Pwani Unversity, 2015-10-06)Plant phytoactive compounds are antimicrobial against multidrug resistant bacteria. These compounds can be extracted from plants by use of solvents. The objective of this study was to extract and evaluate crude compounds ... -
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF EXPLOITED POPULATIONS OF THE EMPEROR ANGELFISH, Pomacanthus imperator BLOCH, 1787 ALONG THE KENYAN COAST
(Pwani Unversity, 2016-05-05)Substantial proportion of the Pomacanthus imperator are traded in terms of value and quantity and also harvested as food in the artisanal fishery in Kenya. However information on their reproductive biology is scanty. In ... -
SOME ASPECTS OF THE BIOLOGY AND TAXONOMY OF RABBITFISHES (FAMILY: SIGANIDAE) FROM KENYAN INSHORE MARINE WATERS
(Pwani University, 2016-06)Rabbitfishes (Siganidae) are valuable commercial species in many parts of the world. Along the East African coast, they constitute important food and commercial marine fish resources. However information on their biology ... -
EVALUATION OF COCONUT (Cocos nucifera L.) GENETIC DIVERSITY FOR GERMPLASM CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION IN COASTAL LOWLANDS OF KENYA JUSTUS CHARO
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-09)The genetic diversity of coconut (Cocos nucifera L), the most important cash crop along the Kenyan Coast, has not been fully characterised, which limits formulation of sound conservation strategies and sustainable utilization ...
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