View Item 
  •   ResearchHub
  • Faculty of Natural Resources
  • Research articles
  • View Item
  •   ResearchHub
  • Faculty of Natural Resources
  • Research articles
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Fish, Floods, and Ecosystem Engineers: Aquatic Conservation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Thumbnail
View/Open
Main article with a link to the published version (680.3Kb)
Date
2009-01-01
Author
Mosepele, Ketlhatlogile
Moyle, Peter B.
Merron, Glenn S.
Purkey, David R.
Mosepele, Belda Quetina
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
The 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.
URI
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/59/1/53/307059
https://hdl.handle.net/13049/564
Collections
  • Research articles [86]

Browse

All of ResearchHubCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

LoginRegister

BUAN | Library | Contact Us | Send Feedback