Table 3 Phytoplankton abundance (individuals/l) recorded at Shirati bay before and after the set of net cages
From: Environmental impacts of cage culture in Lake Victoria: the case of Shirati Bay-Sota, Tanzania
| Taxa | Before stocking fish in cages | After stocking fish in cages | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Along the cages | Intermediate | Along the cages | Intermediate | |
| Chlorophyceae | 30,688,359.8 (0.9 %) | 75,015,467.5 (1.2 %) | 481,826.9 (0.05 %) | 782,968.8 (0.5 %) |
| Bacillariophyceae | 57,259,776.2 (1.7 %) | 94,205,470.8 (1.5 %) | 4,119,969.3 (0.40 %) | 8,492,199.5 (5.6 %) |
| Cyanophyceae | 3,247,559,634.7 (96.6 %) | 6,118,703,481.5 (97.3) | 1,020,780,887.2 (99.6 %) | 141,898,028.8 (93.9 %) |
| Dinophyceae | 25,319,335.6 (0.8 %) | 0(0 %) | 0(0 %) | 0(0 %) |
| Xanthophyceae | 401,522.4 (0.01 %) | 0(0 %) | 0(%) | 0(0 %) |