Short Communication
Lake Victoria and Its Associated Impediments
Peter Sunday*Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- *Corresponding Author:
- Peter S
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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E-mail: petersunday2003@yahoo.com
Received Date: February 12, 2016; Accepted Date: December 08, 2016; Published Date: December 12, 2016
Citation: Peter S (2016) Lake Victoria and Its Associated Impediments . J Ecosys Ecograph 6: 219. doi:10.4172/2157-7625.1000219
Copyright: © 2016 Peter S. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Lake Victoria is the second largest lake in the world. It occupies an area of 86,600 sq. meters and is about 70 meters deep. This lake is faced with the following challenges such as pollution, algae growth and eutrophication, efficient jumping to mention a few. Because of this, man finds himself on the horns of dilemma to continue with trial and error of the past means irreparable damage to his habitat.
The study found that the endemic Haplocromis, Zoo plankton and phyto planktons gradual disappearance. It was also found out that there is increased pollution dump and efficient. There is an increase of chromium phosphorus and nitrogen in the lake hence death of fish. The lake and resource units are reciprocal with the species. It mainly consists of Nile perch, Cypriamid and Tilapia. Dumping in subsequent years has increased owing to population, dumping, construction of sites and sand extraction. Some of the recommendations include controlled fishing, reintroduction of endemic species, pollution regulation, monitoring of the lake and polluters pays principle.
