Presented by Henry T. Karanja – Egerton University
Intensification of livestock numbers at the edge of water bodies leads to:
- degraded stream channel morphology
- unstable bank soil and vegetation
- increased nutrient concentrations.
- lower diversity of riparian-dependent species.
- Cumulatively it alters the riverine benthic composition
From his study, he concluded that:
- Climate change ecologically will have broad consequences on livestock-aquatic systems and associated ecosystems,
- Long-term assessment of the effects of climatic changes on aquatic biological organisms.
- Research on mechanisms for adaptation of riverine ecosystems.
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