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dc.contributor.authorMosepele, Ketlhatlogile
dc.contributor.authorMoyle, Peter, B.
dc.contributor.authorMerron, Glenn S.
dc.contributor.authorPurkey, David R.
dc.contributor.authorMosepele, Belda
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-01T09:25:58Z
dc.date.available2022-04-01T09:25:58Z
dc.date.issued2009-01-01
dc.identifier.citationMosepele, K., Moyle, P. B., Merron, G. S., Purkey, D. R., & Mosepele, B. (2009). Fish, floods, and ecosystem engineers: aquatic conservation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Bioscience, 59(1), 53-64.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0006-3568
dc.identifier.issn1525-3244
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.aibs.org/bioscience/
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2009.59.1.9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/13049/407
dc.description.abstractThe Okavango Delta, Botswana, is a major wetland surrounded by the Kalahari Desert. The delta supports a diverse fish fauna that depends on highly seasonal flooding from inflowing rivers, and on the actions of ecosystem engineers (hippopotamuses, elephants, and termites), for creation and maintenance of their habitats. Conflicts in resource use, especially water, are likely to affect fish populations and the Okavango ecosystem in the near future. We present conceptual models of this remarkable aquatic ecosystem in relation to fish and fisheries as the basis for future research and conservation efforts. Developing understanding of the environmental flow requirements of the delta is key to the management of the Okavango Delta as an ecosystem supporting diverse and abundant fish and wildlife. Once developed, this understanding can be used to allocate water within the Okavango watershed.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Institute of Biological Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBioscience;59(1), 53-64.
dc.subjectHippopotamusen_US
dc.subjectElephantsen_US
dc.subjectTermite moundsen_US
dc.subjectFlow regimeen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental flowsen_US
dc.titleFish, Floods, and Ecosystem Engineers: Aquatic Conser- vation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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