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HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS OF SOILS, PLANTS, FISH AND WATERS FROM MTONDIA DUMPSITE IN KILIFI COUNTY, KENYA.
(Pwani University, 2023-03-15)Heavy metal contamination occurs when concentrations exceed the recommended limits in the soil, water or plants resources and would have negative effects on the humans or animals, (Akanchise et al., 2020 and Nwaubani et ... -
IMPACT OF RING NET FISHERIES ON EXPLOITED FISH STOCKS AND HABITATS WITHIN THE INSHORE MARINE WATERS OF KILIFI, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2018-04)Ring nets are small modification of purse seines used along the Kenyan coastline for pelagic fishing. Introduction of the gears from Pemba, Zanzibar in Tanzania in 1990s has since caused resource-use conflicts associated ... -
THE INFLUENCE OF ELEPHANTS FORAGING ON TREE SPECIES REGENERATION AND ABUNDANCE IN ARABUKO-SOKOKE FOREST, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2022-01-14)Elephants play a significant role in structuring forest and savannah ecosystems. They influence plant regeneration patterns through their role in seed dispersal and germination, creation of forest gaps, pruning of vegetation ... -
THE INFLUENCE OF NUTRIENTS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF SEAGRASS IN THE MALINDI MARINE PARK AND RESERVE
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-05-12)This study examined the influence of nutrients on seagrass. Seagrass are marine angiosperms that serve a critical role in the conservation of marine species and promotion of coastal livelihoods. Seagrass continue to ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
PHYTOREMEDIATION OF KIPEVU WASTE WATER USING VETIVER GRASS (Chrysopogon Zizanioides)
(2016-09)Treatment of wastewater worldwide has mainly been done using physical, chemical and biological wastewater treatment systems such as activated sludge and biological nutrient removal technologies (Bedewi, 2010).Mombasa ... -
THE POTENTIAL OF SEAGRASS LITTER AS ORGANIC FERTILIZER IN KILIFI KENYA
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-03)ABSTRACT Beach-cast seagrass litter deposits are common in many coastal areas with extended seagrass meadows. Seagrass litter abundance on the shoreline is a contentious issue on the aesthetics of the beaches and as an ... -
ROLE OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN MANAGEMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES; CASE ANALYSIS OF KURUWITU AND MKUNGUNI FISHING VILLAGES IN KENYA
(Pwani University, 2016-11)The use of indigenous knowledge in conservation of natural resources, and especially marine, has received increasing attention in recent years. This is partly attributed to its extensive contribution to the management of ... -
ROLE OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN MANAGEMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES; CASE ANALYSIS OF KURUWITU AND MKUNGUNI FISHING VILLAGES IN KENYA WALTER JABALI
(Pwani Unversity, 2016-11)The use of indigenous knowledge in conservation of natural resources, and especially marine, has received increasing attention in recent years. This is partly attributed to its extensive contribution to the management of ... -
THE ROLE OF SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT IN KIDAYA NGERENYI, TAITA TAVETA COUNTY, KENYA
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-04-08)Watershed protection provides an integrated framework of management systems which seek to protect multiple natural resources including forests, water and soil. An in-depth understanding on resource characteristics of ... -
SEWAGE LINKED CONTAMINATION OF PUBLIC RECREATIONAL BEACH WATERS IN MOMBASA COUNTY KENYA
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-11-07)Population increase and coastal development causes marine pollution. The increasing influx of sewage to coastal waters poses a direct threat to human and environmental health upon which the economy relies (Murray, 2007). ... -
SPECIES COMPOSITION, LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP AND REPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY OF EPINEPHELUS GROUPERS (PISCES: SERRANIDAE) FROM SOUTH COAST KENYA INDIAN OCEAN WATERS OGONGO,
(Pwani Unversity, 2015-03)Globally, coastal and estuarine ecosystems are the most productive ecological systems providing essential ecosystem goods and services to the adjacent coastal populations. The ecosystems are however increasingly being ...