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Cyanobacteria blooms—A possible cause of mass mortality of Lesser Flamingos in Lake Manyara and Lake Big Momela, Tanzania

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dc.creator Lugomela, Charles
dc.creator Pratap, Harish B.
dc.creator Mgaya, Yunus D.
dc.date 2016-05-11T14:06:48Z
dc.date 2016-05-11T14:06:48Z
dc.date 2006
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-03T13:28:57Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-03T13:28:57Z
dc.identifier Lugomela, C., Pratap, H.B. and Mgaya, Y.D., 2006. Cyanobacteria blooms—A possible cause of mass mortality of Lesser Flamingos in Lake Manyara and Lake Big Momela, Tanzania. Harmful Algae, 5(5), pp.534-541.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/1952
dc.identifier 10.1016/j.hal.2005.10.001
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/1952
dc.description Limnological studies were conducted in three alkaline lakes (Lake Big Momela, Manyara and Embagai) with the aim of investigating the cause of mass mortality of the Lesser Flamingos in Lake Manyara and Lake Big Momela during July–August 2004. High concentrations, up to 150 million filaments per liter of the potentially toxic planktonic cyanobacterium Arthrospira fusiformis were found in surface scum of Lake Big Momela where Lesser Flamingos were dying at a rate of between 15 and 50 individuals per day during the study period. Gut content analyses indicated that A. fusiformis was the main food item in moribund flamingos. Mouse bioassay suggested that the crude microalgal extract dominated by A. fusiformis was toxic with all mice close to death becoming lethargic, with loss of balance, uncoordinated movements, intermittent tremors, dyspnoea with gasping followed by respiratory arrest. This observation gives circumstantial evidence that A. fusiformis at such high concentrations was toxic to the Lesser Flamingo in Lake Big Momela. # 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.subject Lesser Flamingos
dc.subject Cyanobacteria
dc.subject Lake Big Momela
dc.subject Lake Manyara
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.title Cyanobacteria blooms—A possible cause of mass mortality of Lesser Flamingos in Lake Manyara and Lake Big Momela, Tanzania
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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