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SESSION 1 | Presentation of the main data collected during the WaSAf programme

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

Hosted by

  • Guest speaker
    CB G
    Cécile Bernard

  • Guest speaker
    RS G
    Ronald Semyalo

  • Guest speaker
    LS G
    Lewis Sitoki

  • Guest speaker
    CO G
    Collins Ongore

  • Guest speaker
    MO G
    Mark Olokotum

  • Guest speaker
    JH G
    Jean-François Humbert

  • Guest speaker
    CN G
    Chrisphine Nyamweya

  • Guest speaker
    CY G
    Christian Yoka

  • Guest speaker
    FM G
    Fredrick Muyodi

  • Guest speaker
    MT G
    Marc Trousselier

  • Guest speaker
    WO G
    William Okello

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