About this event
Socioecological analyses of the causes and consequences of cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Victoria:
• Presentation of the review paper published in Harmful Algae
• Invited lecture on the recent evolution of the water quality in the main lake
Controlling factors of cyanobacterial blooms in the bays and gulfs of Lake Victoria:
• Presentation of the WaSAf data collected during the monitoring programme and the experimentations performed in Murchison Bay and Napoleon Gulf
• Invited lecture on the potential impact of the blooms of cyanobacteria on fishes
Toxic risks associated with cyanobacterial blooms:
• Presentation of the WaSAf data on the cyanotoxins concentrations in Murchison Bay and Napoleon Gulf and in two water plants (Ggaba and Jinja)
• Invited lecture on the exposition to cyanotoxins of populations living around the Nyanza gulf
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