US-Kenya Planning Visit: Impact of an Exotic Crayfish on Native Kenyan Freshwater Communities

美国-肯尼亚计划访问：外来小龙虾对肯尼亚本土淡水社区的影响

• 批准号: 9724723
• 负责人: David Lodge
• 金额: $ 0.46万
• 依托单位: University of Notre Dame
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-08-01 至 1998-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9724723&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Kenya; Planning; Visit; Impact

9724723 Lodge This is a planning visit award for Dr. David M. Lodge, of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, to travel to Kenya to meet with Dr. Kenneth M. Mavuti, of the Department of Zoology at the University of Nairobi, and Dr. Gerald M. Mkoji, of the Biomedical Sciences Research Centre at the Kenya Medical Research Institute. The purpose of the visit is to develop a cooperative research activity to evaluate the impact of the North American crayfish Procambarus clarkii on the biota of Kenya's freshwater lakes and wetlands. This species of crayfish was introduced for aquaculture, but is now being considered as a biological control agent for freshwater snails that are vectors for schistosomiasis (a major cause of disease in Africa). This study should add significant new knowledge about the impact an exotic species of crayfish has had on the local ecosystems in the lakes and wetlands of Kenya. Funding for this project is being provided jointly by the Division of International Programs and the Division of Environmental Biology. ***

9724723 Lodge这是圣母大学生物科学系的David M.Lodge博士前往肯尼亚会见内罗毕大学动物系的Kenneth M.Mavuti博士和肯尼亚医学研究所生物医学研究中心的Gerald M.Mkoji博士的计划访问奖。此次访问旨在开展一项合作研究活动，以评估北美克氏原虾对肯尼亚淡水湖和湿地生物群的影响。这种小龙虾最初是用于水产养殖的，但现在被认为是淡水蜗牛的生防剂，淡水蜗牛是血吸虫病(非洲疾病的主要原因)的媒介。这项研究应该会增加关于外来物种小龙虾对肯尼亚湖泊和湿地当地生态系统的影响的重要新知识。该项目的资金由国际方案司和环境生物学司联合提供。***