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Table 6 Mean abundance (individuals/m2) of macro invertebrates species at the intermediate and along the cages encountered before the start of cage farming activities at Shirati bay

From: Environmental impacts of cage culture in Lake Victoria: the case of Shirati Bay-Sota, Tanzania

Microinvertebrates

Along the cage

Intermediate

Gastropods

 Bellamya costulata

69

52

Bivalves

 Sphaerium nyansae

95

651

 Sphaerium stuhlmanni

139

104

 Caelatura alluaudi

35

0

 Caelatura monceti

52

130

Worms

43

26