THE HABITATS AND HABITAT PREFERENCES OF CLARIAS GARIEPINUS (PISCES: CLARIIDAE) IN A CLEAR COASTAL LAKE (LAKE SIBAYA, SOUTH AFRICA)

REFERENCES

• ALLANSON , B. R. , BRUTON , M. N. and HART , R. C. 1974 . The plants and animals of Lake Sibaya, KwaZulu, South Africa: A checklist. . Rev. Zool. afr. , 88 : 508 – 532 .
   Google Scholar
• ALLANSON , B. R. and HART , R. C. 1975 . The primary production of Lake Sibaya, KwaZulu, South Africa. . Verh. int. Ver. Limnol. , 19 : 1426 – 1433 .
   Google Scholar
• ALLANSON , B. R. and VAN WYK , J. D. 1969 . An introduction to the physics and chemistry of some lakes in northern Zululand. . Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. , 38 : 217 – 240 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• BALON , E. K. 1974 . Fishes of Lake Kariba, Africa Hong Kong : TFH Publications .
   Google Scholar
• BALON , E. K. and COCHE , A. G. 1974 . Lake Kariba: A Man-made Tropical Ecosystem in Central Africa 767 The Hague : W. Junk .
   Google Scholar
• BELL-CROSS , G. 1976 . The fishes of Rhodesia 268 Salisbury : Trustees of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia .
   Google Scholar
• BOLTT , R. E. , HILL , B. J. and FORBES , A. T. 1969 . The benthos of some southern African lakes I. . Distribution of aquatic macrophytes and fish in Lake Sibaya. Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. , 38 : 241 – 247 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• BRUTON , M. N. 1977 . The biology of Clarias garie-pinus (Burchell, 1822) in Lake Sibaya, KwaZulu, with emphasis on its role as a predator Ph.D. thesis, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. 236
   Google Scholar
• BRUTON , M. N. “ The breeding biology and early development of Clarias gariepinus (Pisces: Clariidae) in Lake Sibaya, South Africa, with a review of breeding in species of the subgenus Clarias (Clarias) ” . In Trans, zool. Soc. Lond. (in press a)
   Google Scholar
• BRUTON , M. N. The food and feeding behaviour of Clarias gariepinus (Pisces: Clariidae) in Lake Sibaya, South Africa, with emphasis on its role as a predator of cichlids. Trans, zool. Soc. Lond (in press b)
   Google Scholar
• BRUTON , M. N. The role of diel inshore movements by Clarias gariepinus (Pisces: Clariidae) for the capture of fish prey . Trans, zool. Soz. Lond. , (in press c)
   Google Scholar
• BRUTON , M. N. and BOLTT , R. E. 1975 . Aspects of the biology of Tilapia mossambica Peters (Piseces: Cichlidae) in a natural freshwater lake (Lake Sibaya, South Africa). . J. Fish Biol. , 7 : 423 – 445 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• CAMBRAY , J. A. and JUBB , R. A. 1977 . Dispersal of fishes via the Orange-Fish Tunnel, South Africa. . J. Limnol. Soc. stn. Afr. , 3 ( 1 ) : 33 – 35 .
   Google Scholar
• GARROD , D. J. 1961 . The selection characteristics of nylon gillnets for Tilapia esculenta . Graham. J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer. , 26 : 191 – 203 .
   Google Scholar
• GEE , J. M. 1969 . Trawling results in the northern waters of Lake Victoria. . Rep. E. Afr. Freshwat. Fish. Res. Org. , 1968 : 15 – 31 .
   Google Scholar
• GULLAND , J. A. and HARDING , D. 1961 . The selection of Clarias mossambicus (Peters) by nylon gillnets. . J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer. , 26 ( 2 ) : 215 – 222 .
   Google Scholar
• HART , R. C. and ALLANSON , B. R. 1975 . Preliminary estimates of production by a calanoid copepod in subtropical Lake Sibaya. . Verh. int. Ver. Limnol. , 19 : 1434 – 1444 .
   Google Scholar
• HILL , B. J. 1969 . The bathymetry and possible origins of Lakes Sibaya, Nhlange and Sifungwe in Zululand. . Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. , 38 : 205 – 216 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• HILL , B. J. 1975 . The origin of southern African coastal lakes. . Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. , 41 : 225 – 240 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• JUBB , R. A. 1967 . Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa Cape Town : Balkema .
   Google Scholar
• JUBB , R. A. 1968 . More about fish eagles. . Piscator , 72 : 25 – 26 .
   Google Scholar
• JUNOR , F. J.R. 1968 . The African fish eagle. Brief observation on the weights of fish that can be carried by the fish eagle . Haliaetus vocifer. Piscator , 72 : 22 – 24 .
   Google Scholar
• MAHON , R. and BALON , E. K. 1977 . Fish production in Lake Kariba, reconsidered. . Env. Biol. Fish. , 1 ( 2 ) : 215 – 218 .
   Google Scholar
• MARSHALL , R. and LOCKETT , C. A. 1976 . Juvenile fish populations in the marginal areas of Lake Mclll waine, Rhodesia. . J. Limnol. Soc. stn. Afr. , 2 ( 2 ) : 37 – 42 .
   Google Scholar
• McCOMBIE , A. M. and FRY , F. E.J. 1960 . Selectivity of gillnets for lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis . Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. , 89 : 2
   Google Scholar
• MINSHULL , J. L. 1968 . A summary of the results obtained at the Lake Sibaya Research Station for the period April to October 1968. . Institute for Freshwater Studies Annual Report , 1968 : 1 – 10 .
   Google Scholar
• MITCHELL , S. A. 1976 . The marginal fish fauna of Lake Kariba. . Kariba Studies No , 8 : 109 – 162 .
   Google Scholar
• OLSEN , S. 1959 . Mesh selection in herring gillnets. . J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. , 16 : 339 – 349 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• PITMAN , W. V. and HUTCHINSON , I. P.G. 1975 . A preliminary hydrological study of Lake Sibaya , Hydrol. Res. Unit Report No 4/75 35
   Google Scholar
• PYART , A. 1971 . Notes on experimental longlining in Lake Tanganyika. . Fish. Res. Bull. Zambia , 5 : 397 – 403 .
   Google Scholar
• TINLEY , K. L. 1964 . Fishing methods of the Thonga tribe in north-eastern Zululand and southern Mozambique. . Lammergeyer , 3 ( 1 ) : 9 – 39 .
   Google Scholar
• TOMKINSON , A. J. 1975 . Notes on the mass-carrying ability of the African fish eagle. . Lammergeyer , 22 : 19 – 22 .
   Google Scholar
• WHITFIELD , A. K. and HEEG , J. 1977 . On the life cycles of the cestode Ptychobothrium belones and nematodes of the genus Contracaecum from Lake St Lucia, Zululand. . S. Arr. J. , 3 : 121 – 122 . 73
   Google Scholar