(PDF)Assessment of Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Water at Selected Stations of Lake Tanganyika, Africa with Special Emphasis on Pisciculture Purposes

The current limnological study was carried out on Lake Tanganyika in 4 sampling sites to assess the physico-chemical properties
and trophic status for pisciculture purpose. The estimated values of physical and chemical parameters of water samples were compared to the desirable, permissible and acceptable ranges for pisciculture recommended standards. In this regards, 9 physico-chemical parameters have been analyzed and the results of the comparative analysis showed that most of the water quality parameters were suitable for fish culture because 7important parameters (77.8%) were within the permissible limits and 2parameters (22.2%) were found inappropriate for pisciculture. The values of transparency, chlorophyll a and Total phosphorus revealed clearly that all sampling stations were in hypereutrophic status which indicate eutrophication phenomenon.