The 2012 RUFORUM Biennial Conference is the third in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. The third Biennial Conference was attended by 657 participants.This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of Harnessing Aquaculture and Fisheries
Reproductive Seasonality of Opsaridium Microlepis (mpasa) in the Linthipe River in Central Malawi
Abstract:
Opsaridium microlepis is one of the fish species in Lake
Malawi. The species is known to migrate to major river affluents
for spawning. One of the rivers where they migrate is the
Linthipe. The reproductive seasonality of this species into this
river is however not well known. In this study, the reproductive
seasonality of O. microlepis in River Linthipe was studied using
546 specimens for 12 months. The peak breeding activity was
observed between January and April, aperiod that coincided
with the onset of a rainy season. On the other hand, the
condition factor of O. microlepis was found to be variable with
lowest value in the month of August.
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English
Extended abstracts submitted under Harnessing Aquaculture and Fisheries
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2012
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Southern Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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