From: Environmental impacts of cage culture in Lake Victoria: the case of Shirati Bay-Sota, Tanzania
 | pH | DO (mg/l) | Secchi depth (m) | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Along the cages | Control | Intermediate | Along the cages | Control | Intermediate | Along the cages | Control | Intermediate | ||
February | Before stocking | 5.28 ± 0.22 | 8.81 ± 0.43 | 5.25 ± 0.07 | 7.86 ± 132 | 8.56 ± 0.39 | 8.00 ± 1.30 | 1.21 ± 0.18 | 1.4 ± 0.17 | 1.16 ± 0.14 |
March | After stocking | 5.23 ± 0.27 |  | 5.21 ± 0.21 | 7.04 ± 0.77 |  | 7.33 ± 0.96 | 1.40 ± 0.36 |  | 1.46 ± 0.36 |
April | 5.22 ± 0.16 |  | 6.05 ± 0.68 | 7.16 ± 0.51 |  | 7.39 ± 0.34 | 1.29 ± 0.19 |  | 1.38 ± 0.21 | |
May | 7.49 ± 0.90 |  | 6.61 ± 0.60 | 6.25 ± 0.43 |  | 6.65 ± 0.30 | 1.63 ± 0.27 |  | 1.67 ± 0.23 | |
June | 7.22 ± 0.53 |  | 7.17 ± 0.70 | 7.28 ± 0.54 |  | 7.74 ± 0.71 | 1.53 ± 0.29 |  | 1.40 ± 0.37 | |
July | 6.80 ± 0.32 |  | 6.51 ± 0.17 | 7.29 ± 0.20 |  | 7.51 ± 0.21 | 1.29 ± 0.27 |  | 1.33 ± 0.31 | |
August | 7.45 ± 0.62 | 8.89 ± 0.45 | 7.18 ± 0.59 | 6.90 ± 1.14 | 8.60 ± 0.29 | 7.05 ± 1.12 | 1.61 ± 0.40 | 1.57 ± 0.38 | 1.76 ± 0.43 | |
Mean | 6.57 | 8.89 | 6.45 | 6.99 | 8.60 | 7.28 | 1.46 | 1.57 | 1.50 |