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

小行星9724723 这是大卫M博士的计划访问奖。洛奇，在圣母大学生物科学系，前往肯尼亚会见肯尼思M。 内罗毕大学动物系的Mavuti博士和Gerald M.肯尼亚医学研究所生物医学科学研究中心的Mkoji博士说。 访问的目的是开展合作研究活动，评估北美克氏原螯虾对肯尼亚淡水湖泊和湿地生物群的影响。 这种小龙虾被引入水产养殖，但现在被认为是淡水蜗牛的生物控制剂，淡水蜗牛是血吸虫病（非洲疾病的主要原因）的载体。 这项研究应该增加重要的新知识的影响，一个外来物种的小龙虾对当地生态系统的湖泊和湿地的肯尼亚。 该项目的资金由国际方案司和环境生物学司联合提供。 ***

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. ***