An ECOPATH II model of the Lake Chad system

TitleAn ECOPATH II model of the Lake Chad system
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1993
AuthorsPalomares, MLD, Horton K, Moreau J
Series EditorChristensen, V, Pauly D
Number of Pages153-158
PublisherICLARM
CityMANILA (PHILIPPINES)
ISBN Number971-1022-84-2
Accession Number3869921
KeywordsAfrica, Chad L., ecopath ii, ECOSYSTEMS, Freshwater, lakes, modelling, Q1 01482 Ecosystems and energetics, trophic structure
Abstract

The trophic ecosystem modelling software, ECOPATH II, was used to analyze the Lake Chad system, Africa, during its normal phase, the period between 1969 and 1972. Reasonable estimated of population-related parameters for fish and invertebrate stocks were obtained, and an energy flow diagram for the whole lake is presented.