ABSTRACT: Six sampling sites of Gilgel Abay River and its tributaries, were sampled by using monofilaments (5-55 mm) and gillnets having mesh sizes of 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 cm stretched bar mesh with a length of 25 m and depth of 1.5 m, twice each month from August to October, and once in November, 2011. Fishes were identified to the species level…
Tags: Abay basin, Condition factor, Conservation, Fecundity, Lake Tana
ABSTRACT: Mona monkey (Cercopithecus mona) is the only non-human primate in the University of Lagos campus that has been in existence on the site before the establishment of the institution in 1962. Infrastructural developments seem to have confined the animal to small, relatively less disturbed forest areas…
Tags: Cercopithecus mona, Nigeria, Occurrence, Population
ABSTRACT: This paper presents results of avifaunal survey made in Abalo-Gunacho forest, southern Ethiopia, in May 2014 to determine the species richness and to examine guild composition of bird community of the forest. Birds were surveyed using Timed-Species Count technique along eight randomly selected transects…
Tags: Abalo-Gunacho forest, Assemblage/guild composition, Important bird area, Rarefaction, Species richness, Timed-Species Count
ABSTRACT: Environmental contaminants in fish pose a potential human health hazard. The level of mercury (Hg) was investigated in three fish species, i.e., Labeobarbus intermedius, Oreochromis niloticus and Clarias gariepinus, from Lake Koka and Lake Ziway, Ethiopia…
Tags: Fish consumption, Fish species, Hg, Rift Valley Lakes
ABSTRACT: Gillnet selectivity parameters and its impacts on the population of the Lake Tana Labeobarbus megastoma, were estimated from fishery-independent catches in multi-panel gillnets with stretched mesh sizes ranging from 60 to 140 mm. Selectivity on L. megastoma was assessed using the PASGEAR software…
Tags: Bi-modal, Labeobarbus, Lake Tana, Selectivity
ABSTRACT: A comparative study on the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) interactions with human and domestic animals in Arsi Mountains and Sanetti Plateau was carried out from August 2009 to July 2010. Factors that affect the Ethiopian wolf were investigated by direct observations on 15 transects on four wolf packs and by using a questionnaire survey…
Tags: Chilalo-Galama, Ethiopian wolf interactions, Human, Sanetti Plateau