School of Environmental Science and Natural Resource Management: Recent submissions
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Nutritional composition of species in the vernonia hymenolepis complex in Kenya.
(International Journal of Scientific and research publications,, 2019)Vernonia hymenolepis species is a weed that is found in various parts of Africa and has traditionally been used as a vegetable because of its nutritional and medicinal value. The species complex in the genus Vernonia ... -
Occupational Exposure to Arsenic in Moi University and University of Eldoret Instructional Laboratories and Potential Carcinogenic Risks
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2019)Virtually, all occupations to some extent have inherent risks. The objective of the study was to assess the role of arsenic (As) in universities’ instructional laboratories indoor settled dust as an occupational carcinogenic ... -
Efficiency of University of Eldoret Wastewater Treatment Plant, Kenya
(Africa Environmental Review Journal, 2019)Water is a vital, indispensable resource which organisms require for the sustenance of life. Currently, problem of water scarcity persists due to water pollution by heavy metals and eutrophic nutrients that have resulted ... -
MAPPING CANCER PREVALENCE USING GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM IN ELGEYO MARAKWET COUNTY, KENYA
(2018)Cancer is a major public health problem in Elgeyo Marakwet county (Kenya) and worldwide. Kenya has a large number of people having cancer, and many studies have demonstrated that cancer is associated with environmental ... -
Shifts in the food of Nile perch (Lates niloticus) in Lake Victoria
(John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd, 2018-11)The study investigated diet of Nile perch in Lake Victoria and compared results with past data from the same lake in order to analyse diet shifts over time. Fish samples (2020) were collected by seining and trawling from ... -
Fish assemblages and size-spectra variation among rivers of Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(Ecological Indicators, 2020-07)Riverine ecosystems are some of the most biologically diverse on earth, but are also among the most threatened by anthropogenic actions. Lack of local-scale studies monitoring changes in riverine populations makes it ... -
Hippopotamus are distinct from domestic livestock in their resource subsidies to and effects on aquatic ecosystems
(royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rspb Proc. R. Soc., 2020-03)In many regions of the world, populations of largewildlife have been displaced by livestock, and this may change the functioning of aquatic ecosystems owing to significant differences in the quantity and quality of their ... -
Trophic structure of an African savanna river and organic matter inputs by large terrestrial herbivores: A stable isotope approach
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd ; Freshwater Biology., 2018-06). Knowledge of trophic structure is important to understand sources and pathways of energy resources in community ecology and to identify determinants of ecosystem changes. Yet, little is known from rivers of African ... -
Influence of catchment land use and seasonality on dissolved organic matter composition and ecosystem metabolism in headwater streams of a Kenyan river
(Biogeochemistry An International Journal, 2017-01)Headwater streams influence the biogeochemical characteristics of large rivers and play important roles in regional and global carbon budgets. The combined effects of seasonality and land use change on the biogeochemistry ... -
Dynamics in Organic Matter Processing, Ecosystem Metabolism and Trophic Sources for Consumers in the Mara River, Kenya
(CRC Press/Balkema PO Box 11320, 2301 EH Leiden, The Netherlands e-mail: Pub.NL@taylorandfrancis.com www.crcpress.com – www.taylorandfrancis.com, 2015-03) -
Are Large Herbivores Vectors of Terrestrial Subsidies for Riverine Food Webs?
(Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015-03-17)The tropical savannas of Africa have witnessed a dramatic reduction in native large mammalian herbivore populations. The consequences of these changes for terrestrial-aquatic food-web linkages are poorly documented. ... -
Litter processing and shredder distribution as indicators of riparian and catchment influences on ecological health of tropical streams
(Ecological Indicators, 2014-05)Terrestrial plant litter is the main source of energy for food webs in forest headwater streams. Leaf litter quality often changes when native tree species are replaced by exotic ones and land use change in the watershed ... -
Macroinvertebrate functional feeding groups in Kenyan highland streams: evidence for a diverse shredder guild
(The Society for Freshwater Science, 2014-02)Data on the functional composition of invertebrates in tropical streams are needed to develop models of ecosystem functioning and to assess anthropogenic effects on ecological condition. We collected macroinvertebrates ... -
Genetic identification of invasive walking catfish, Clarias batrachus, intermingled with African catfish, C. gariepinus, in South Africa
(African Journal of Wildlife Research 45(1): 55–62 (April 2015), 2015-04)Molecular genetic techniques were used to determine the identity of two catfish individuals that could not be identified as indigenous Clarias gariepinus after phenotypic analysis. The unidentified catfish were compared ... -
Genetic diversity and population structure of the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) in Kenya: implication for conservation and aquaculture
(Belgian Journal of Zoology, 2017)African catfish, Clarias gariepinus, is an important species in aquaculture and fisheries in Kenya. Mitochondrial D-loop control region was used to determine genetic variation and population structure in samples of C. ... -
High genetic diversity and population differentiation in Clarias gariepinus of Yala Swamp: evidence from mitochondrial DNA sequences
(Journal of Fish Biology (2016) 89, 2557–2570, 2016-07)In order to improve the conservation and sustainable utilization of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus of the Yala Swamp in Kenya, genetic diversity and population structure of Lakes Kanyaboli and Namboyo populations ... -
INFLUENCE OF DISTANCE ON FOREST UTILIZATION AND PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN CONSERVATION OF SOUTH WEST MAU FOREST, KENYA
(2018)Intensity of use of forest and involvement of neighboring communities in conservation is not uniform. It is suspected that they reduce as one is located away from forest edge. This study looked at how individual’s distance ... -
Ecological Knowledge of indigenous plants among the Marakwet Community (Embobut Basin), Elgeyo Marakwet County (Kenya)
(Hindawi; Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative MedicineVolume 2020,, 2020-05)TraditionalplantknowledgeandusesofmedicinalwildplantswereinvestigatedamongtheMarakwetcommunityinKenya.Datawere collected through interviews with seven traditional healers and 157 questionnaires for local community members. ... -
Adoption of Tree Nursery Practices as Strategic Enterprise at Millenium Villages Project, Siaya County, Kenya
(Africa Environmetal Review Journal, 2019-02)he Millenium Villages Project (MVP) in Siaya County (Kenya) was part of a cluster of villages in 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa established to catalyse the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals ... -
Distribution patterns and diversity of riverine fishes of the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(2020-08)The Lake Victoria Basin (LVB) is a global hotspot of aquatic biodiversity, but aquatic ecosystems are under threat from multiple stressors. Most studies on fish have focused on Lake Victoria, while patterns of fish diversity, ...
