Symposium on resource use and conservation of the African Great Lakes

THE EDITORS: Foreword 1

NTAKIMAZI, G.: Conservation of the resources of the African Great
Lakes: Why? An Overview 5

I. Fisheries Resources

ROEST, F. C.: The pelagic fisheries resources of Lake Tanganyika 11

TWEDDLE, D.: Conservation and threats to the resources of Lake Malawi 17

KOLDING, I.: A summary of Lake Turkana: An ever-changing mixed
environment 25

OGUTU-OHWAYO, R.: The purpose, costs and benefits of fish
introductions: With specific reference to the Great Lakes of Africa 37

II. Water Quality

HECKY, R. E. & BEIGES, F. W. B.: Hydrology and chemistry of the
African Great Lakes and water quality issues: Problems and solutions
45

CALJON, A. G.: Water quality in the Bay of Bujumbura (Lake Tanganyika)
and its influence on phytoplankton composition 55

COULTER, G. W.: Vulnerability of Lake Tanganyika to pollution, with
comments on social aspects 67

BAKER, J. M.: Oil and African Great Lakes 71

III. Scientific-Value

KAWANABE, H., KWETUENDA, M. K. & GASHAGAZA, M. M.: Ecological and
limnological studies of Lake Tanganyika and its adjacent regions
between African and Japanese scientists: An introduction 79

MICHEL, A. E., COHEN, A. S., WEST, K., JOHNSTON, M. R. & KAT, P. W.:
Large African Lakes as natural laboratories for evolution: Examples
from the endemic gastropod fauna of Lake Tanganyika 85

GOLDSCHMIDT, T. & WITTE, F.: Explosive speciation and adaptive
radiation of haplochromine cichlids from Lake Victoria: An
illustration of the scientific value of a lost species flock 101

IV. Conservation

COHEN, A. S.: Criteria for developing viable underwater natural
reserves in Lake Tanganyika 109

ANDREWS, C.: The role of zoos and aquaria in the conservation of the
fishes from Africa's Great Lakes 117

TODDLE, D.: A brief review of the tourism resources and potential
around the African Great Lakes 121

BOOTSMA, H. A.: Lake Malawi National Park: An overview 125