12. VOLTA (GHANA)

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Apalco, C., 1979 The ecology of some carbon degradating bacteria in the southern most part of the Volta Lake. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Kainji Lake and River Basins Development in Africa, New Bussa, Kainji Lake Research Institute, pp.184–8

Asamoa, E.K., 1979 The effect of the Akosombo Dam on the oxygen regime of the Volta waters below the dam. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Kainji Lake and River Basins Development in Africa, New Bussa, Kainji Lake Research Institute, pp.170–7

Adiase, M.K., 1969 Preliminary account of the food and feeding habits of fish in the Volta Lake. In Man-made lakes: the Accra Symposium, edited by L.E. Obeng. Accra, Ghana. Ghana Universities Press, for Ghana Academy of Sciences, pp.235–7

Addo-Ashong, F.W., 1969 Effect of inundation of trees and on wood decomposition. In Man-made lakes: the Accra Symposium, edited by L.E. Obeng. Accra, Ghana Univesities Press for Ghana Academy of Sciences, pp.292–7

Attionu, R.H., 1968 Some limnological investigations in Ajena Bay (Volta Lake, Ghana), July 1965 – April 1966. Tech.Rep.Volta Basin Res.Proj.Univ.Ghana, (26):8 p.

Bazigos, G.P., 1971 Yield indices in inland fisheries with special reference to Volta Lake. Volta Lake Research Project, Statistical studies, FAO/SF/GHA/10/St.S./3:25 p.

Bazigos, G.P., 1971a Sampling techniques in inland fisheries with special reference to Volta Lake. Volta Lake Research Project, Statistical studies, FIO:SF/GHA/10/St.S./1:41 p.

Biswas, E.R.I., 1967 Bacterial ecology of the Volta Lake at Ajena. Tech.Rep.Volta Basin Res.Proj.Univ. Ghana, (X18):12 p.

Biswas, E.R.I., 1969 Some microbiological observations on the Volta Lake. Ghana J.Sci., 9:21–9

Biswas, E.R.I., 1972 Changes in the heterotrophic bacteria of Volta Lake, 1968–1971. Ghana J.Sci., 12:72–85

Biswas, S., 1964 Kete Krachi waterbloom, March 1964. Tech.Rep.Volta Basin Res.Proj.Univ.Ghana, (X3):1 p.

Biswas, S., 1966 Oxygen and phytoplankton changes in the newly forming Volta Lake in Ghana. Nature, Lond., 209:218–9

Biswas, S., 1966a Ecological studies of phytoplankton in the newly forming Volta Lake of Ghana. J.W.Afr.Sci.Assoc., 11:14–9

Biswas, S., 1967 Some limnological innovations. Tech.Rep.Volta Basin Res.Proj.Univ.Ghana, (X19):7 p.

Biswas, S., 1968 Hydrobiology of the Volta River and some of its tributaries before the formation of the Volta Lake. Ghana J.Sci., 8:152–66

Biswas, S., 1969 The Volta Lake: Some ecological observations on the phytoplankton. Verh.Int. Ver.Theor.Angew.Limnol., 17:259–72

Biswas, S., 1969a Thermal changes in the Volta Lake in Ajena. In Man-made lakes: the Accra Symposium, edited by L.E. Obeng. Accra, Ghana Universities Press for Ghana Academy of Sciences, pp.103–9

Biswas, S., 1970 Changes in the phytoplankton of the developing Volta Lake. Ghana J.Sci., 10:85–92

Biswas, S., 1972 Ecology of phytoplankton of the Volta Lake. Hydrobiologia, 39:277–88

Biswas, S., 1972a Correlation between dissolved oxygen and phytoplankton in the lower reaches of Volta Lake, Ghana. Verh.Int.Ver.Theor.Angew.Limnol., 18:622–7

Biswas, S., 1973 Limnological observations during the early formation of Volta Lake in Ghana. Geophys.Monogr., 17:121–8

Biswas, S., 1975 Phytoplankton in Volta Lake, Ghana, during 1964–1973. Verh.Int.Ver.Theor.Angew. Limnol., 19:1928–34

Biswas, S., 1979 Observations on phytoplankton and primary productivity in Volta Lake, Ghana. Verh. Int.Ver.Theor.Angew.Limnol., 20:1672–6

Brooks, M., 1969 A bibliography of hydrobiological work in Ghana, including references to onchocerciasis, bilharziasis and dracontiasis (excluding yellow fever, malaria and trypanosomiasis). Tech.Rep.Volta Basin Res.Proj., (X31):25 p. Issued also in Ghana J.Sci., 10:49–67 (1970)

Butcher, D.A.P., 1973 Sociological aspects of fishery development on Volta Lake. Geophys.Monogr., 17:108–13

Coppola, S.R. and K. Agadzi, 1976 Frame surveys at Volta Lake (Ghana). 1975 Volta Lake Research and Development Project, Statistical studies. Rome, FAO, GHA/71/533/St.S./5:148 p.

Denyoh, F.M.K., 1968 Pond fish culture development in Ghana. FAO Fish.Rep., (44):Vol.2:154–60

Denyoh, F.M.K., 1969 Changes in fish population and gear selectivity in the Volta Lake. In Man-made lakes: the Accra Symposium, edited by L.E. Obeng. Accra, Ghana Universities Press, for Ghana Academy of Sciences. pp.206–19

Evans, W.A., 1971 Ghana. Stock assessment and fish biology. A report prepared for the Volta Lake Research Project. Rome, FAO, FI:SF/GHA/10/9:32 p.

Evans, W.A. and J. Vanderpuye, 1973 Early development of the fish populations and fisheries of Volta Lake. Geophys.Monogr., 17:114–20

Evans, W.A., 1973a A stock assessment plan for Volta Lake. Akosombo, Volta Lake Research Project, FI:GHA/67/510:29 p.

Ewer, D.W., 1966 Biological investigations on Volta Lake, May 1964 to May 1965. In Man-made lakes edited by R.H. Lowe-McConnell. Symp.Biol.Inst., Lond., 21–31

FAO/UNDP, 1971 Physico-chemical conditions of Lake Volta, Ghana. Report prepared for the Government of Ghana by FAO of the UN acting as executing agency for the UNDP. Based on the work of C.W. Czernin-Chudenitz. FI:SF/GHA/10/Tech.report:77 p.

FAO/UNDP, 1979 Volta Lake research and development project, Ghana. Project findings and recommendations. Terminal report. Report prepared for the Government of Ghana by FAO of the UN acting as executing agency for UNDP. Rome, FI/DP/GHA/67/510/71/535: 75 p.

Fortes, M., 1973 Communal fishing and fishing magic in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast. J.R.Anthrop.Inst., 68:131–42

Freeman, P.H., 1974 The environmental impact of a large tropical reservoir. Guidelines for policy and planning. Based upon a case study of Lake Volta, Ghana, in 1973 and 1974. Washington D.C., Office of International and Environmental Programmes, Smithsonian Institute

Frempong, E., 1980 Limnological research in Ghana: some perspectives. In Proceedings of the First Workshop for the Promotion of limnology in developing countries, edited by S. Mori and I. Ikusima. Kyoto, Organizing Committee of the Twentyfirst SIL Congress, 29–30 August 1980, pp.131–6

Goodwin, P., 1976 Volta ten years on. New Sci., 71(1018):596–7

Henderson, H.F., 1974 Improvement to the stock assessment programme at Volta Lake. A report prepared for the Volta Lake Research and Development Project (Phase II). Rome, FAO, FI/DP/GHA/71/533/4:4 p.

Henderson, H.F., 1976 Improvement to the stock assessment programme at Volta Lake. (II.) A report prepared for the Volta Lake Research and Development Project (Phase II). Rome, FAO, FI:DP/GHA/71/533/6:13 p.

Hilton, J.E., 1961 The fisheries of the Volta system of Ghana. Orient.Geogr., 5:21–34

Hopson, A.J., 1965 Four new species of Barbus (Pisces, Cyprinidae) from Ghana. Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., 71:245–57

Hopson, A.J. and J. Hopson, 1965 Barbus (Pisces, Cyprinidae) of the Volta region. Bull.Brit.Mus.(Nat. Hist.) (D.), 1:101–49

Irvine, F.R., 1947 The fishes and fisheries of the Gold Coast. London, Crown Agents for the Colonies, p.352

Jackson, P.B.N., 1966 The establishment of fisheries in man-made lakes in the tropics. In Man-made lakes, edited by R.H. Lowe-McConnell. London, Academic Press, pp.53–69

John, D.M., E.K. 1980 Obeng-Asamoa and H.N. Appler, 1980 Periphyton in the Volta Lake. 2. Seasonal changes on wooden blocks with depth. Hydrobiologia, 76(3):207–15

Johnson, S., 1971 A second look at Volta Lake. Ecologist, 1(17):10–3

Lagler, K.F., B. Dussart and A.G. Coche, 1967 Notes for work programmes in limnology, documentation and fisheries. UNDP/SF/FAO-GHA/5/FI:Misc./67

Lawson, G.W. et al., 1969 Hydrobiological work of the Volta basin research project. Bull.Inst.Fondam. Afr.Noire (A Sci.Nat.), 31:965–1003

Lawson, R.M., 1963 The economic organization of the Egeria fishing industry on the Volta River. Proc. Malacol.Soc.Lond., 35:273–87

Lelek, A., 1968 The vertical distribution of fishes in the Ebo stream and notes to the fish occurrence in the Lake Bosumtwi Ashanti, Ghana. Zool.Listy.Folia Zool., 17:245–52

Lelek, A. and A.A. Wuddah, 1969 A note on the occurrence and length frequency distribution of Tilapia species caught in gill nets in the Volta. In Man-made lakes, the Accra Sympsoium, edited by L.E. Obeng. Accra, Ghana Universities Press, for Ghana Academy of Sciences, pp.186–9

Loiselle, P.V., 1972 Fishing in Lake Volta (letter). Afr.Aquarist, 5(4):4–5

Loiselle, P.V., 1972a Preliminary survey of inshore habitats in the Volta Lake. A report prepared for the Volta Lake Fisheries Research Project. Rome, FAO, FI/DP/GHA/67/510/2:122 p.

Ly, C.K., 1980 The role of the Akosombo dam on the Volta River in causing coastal erosion in central and eastern Ghana (West Africa). Mar.Geol., 37:323–32

Mensah, E.M., 1979 Some problems facing fish preservation and fish processing development in Ghana and suggested solutions. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Kainji Lake and River Basins Development in Africa. New Bussa, Kainji Lake Research Institute, vol.2:322–6

Moxon, J., 1969 Volta, man's greatest lake: the story of Ghana's Akosombo dam. London, A. Deutsch Ltd., 256 p.

Nordlund, C.D., 1970 Assessment of boats and boatbuilding needs in Volta Lake, Ghana. A report prepared for the Volta Lake Fisheries Research Project. Rome, FAO, FI/SF/GHA/10:6 p. (mimeo)

Obeng, L.E., 1968 Man-made lakes as a source of freshwater fish production in Africa. Proceedings of the Second International Conf. of Women Engineers and Scientists, vol.2:10 p.

Obeng, L.E. (ed.), 1969 Man-made lakes; the Accra Symposium. Accra, Ghana Universities Press, for Ghana Academy of Sciences, 398 p.

Obeng, L.E. (ed.), 1977 Should dams be built? The Volta Lake example. Ambio, 6(1):46–50

Obeng-Asamoa, E.K., 1977 A limnological study of the Afram arms of Volta Lake. Hydrobiologia, 55:257–64

Obeng-Asamoa, E.K., D.M. John and H.N. Appler, 1980 Periphyton in the Volta Lake. 1. Seasonal changes on the trunks of flooded trees. Hydrobiologia, 76(3):191–200

Petr, T., 1966 Fish population changes in the Volta Lake over the period May 1965 – July 1966. Tech.Rep. Volta Basin Res.Proj.Univ.Ghana, (X14):4 p.

Petr, T., 1967 Fish population changes in the Volta Lake in Ghana during its first sixteen months. Hydrobiologia, 30:193–220

Petr, T., 1967a Food preferences of the commercial fishes of the Volta Lake. Tech.Rep.Volta Basin Res.Proj.Univ.Ghana, (X22):7 p.

Petr, T., 1968 The establishment of lacustrine fish population in the Volta Lake in Ghana during 1964–1966. Bull.Inst.Fondam.Afr.Noire(A Sci.Nat.), 30:257–69

Petr, T., 1968a Fish population changes in the Volta Lake over the period September 1966–December 1967. Tech.Rep.Volta Basin Res.Proj.Univ.Ghana, (X23):3 p.

Petr, T., 1968b Distribution, abundance and food of commercial fish in the Black Volta and Volta man-made lake in Ghana during its first period of filling (1964–1966). 1. Mormyridae. Hydrobiologia, 32:417–48

Petr, T., 1968c Population changes in aquatic invertebrates living on two water plants in a tropical man-made lake. Hydrobiologia, 32:449–85

Petr, T., 1969 Problems of assessment of periphyton production in a tropical man-made lake (Summary). In Report of the IBP Regional Meeting of Hydrologists in Tropical Africa. Kampala, Uganda, 20–28 May 1968. Nairobi, Kenya, Unesco Regional Office for Science and Technology for Africa, pp.144–5 (Abstr.)

Petr, T., 1969a Fish population changes in the Volta Lake over the period January 1965 – September 1966. In Man-made lakes; the Accra Symposium edited by L.E. Obeng. Accra, Ghana Universities Press for Ghana Academy of Sciences, pp.220–34

Petr, T., 1969b Development of the bottom fauna in the man-made Volta Lake in Ghana. Verh. Int.Ver.Theor.Angew.Limnol., 17:273–82

Petr, T., 1970 Macroinvertebrates of flooded trees in the man-made Volta Lake (Ghana) with special reference to the burrowing mayfly Povilla adusta Navas. Hydrobiologia, 36:373–98

Petr, T., 1970a Chironomidae (Diptera) from light catches on the man-made Volta Lake in Ghana. Hydrobiologia, 35:449–68

Petr, T., 1971 Lake Volta - a progress report. New Sci., 49:178–82

Petr, T., 1971a Establishment of chironomids in a large tropical man-made lake. Can.Entomol., 103(3):380–5

Petr, T., 1972 On some factors determining the quantitative changes in chaoborids in the Volta man-made lake during the filling period. Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., 85:148–59

Petr, T., 1972a Benthic fauna of a tropical man-made lake (Volta Lake, Ghana, 1965–1968. Arch. Hydrobiol., 70:464–533

Petr, T., 1973 Some factors limiting the distribution of Povilla adusta Navas (Ephemeroptera, Polymitarcidae) in African lakes. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Ephemeroptera, Florida A & M University, August 17–20, 1970, pp.223–30

Petr, T., 1974 Distribution, abundance and food of commercial fish in the Black Volta and Volta Lake man-made lake in Ghana during the filling period (1964–1968). 2. Characidae. Hydrobiologia, 45:303–37

Petr, T., 1974a Dynamics of benthic invertebrates in a tropical man-made lake (Volta Lake, 1964–1968). Standing crop and bathymetric distribution. Arch.Hydrobiol., 73:245–65

Petr, T., 1975 On some factors associated with the initial high fish catches in new African man-made lakes. Arch.Hydrobiol., 75:32–49

Poll, W., P.J. Whitehead and A.J. Hopson, 1965 A new genus and species of Clupeoid fish from West Africa. Bull.Acad.R.Belg.Cl Sci.5e ser., 51:277–92

Prah, S.N, 1969 Observation on the parasitic infection of freshwater fishes in Ghana. In Man-made lakes; the Accra Symposium, edited by L.E. Obeng. Accra, Ghana Universities Press for Ghana Academy of Sciences, pp. 261–8

Ram, J., 1968 Eyes on the Volta Lake. New Sci., 39(614):540–1

Reynolds, J.D., 1966 The clupeids of Lake Volta and their possible exploitation. Tech.Rep.Volta Basin Res.Proj.Univ.Ghana, (X15):6 p.

Reynolds, J.D., 1967 Notes on juveniles of commercial fish attracted to light on the Volta Lake 1966–67. Tech.Rep.Volta Basin Res.Proj.Univ.Ghana, (X21):15 p.

Reynolds, J.D., 1968 Bibliography of African freshwater clupeids. Tech.Rep.Volta Basin Res.Proj.Univ. Ghana, (X24):6 p.

Reynolds, J.D., 1969 Field key to commercial fishes of the Volta Lake. Tech.Rep.Volta Basin Res.Proj. Univ.Ghana, (X28):20 p.

Reynolds, J.D., 1969a The biology of the clupeids in the Volta Lake, Ghana. In Man-made lakes; the Accra Symposium, edited by L.E. Obeng. Accra, Ghana Universities Press for Ghana Academy of Sciences, pp.195–203

Reynolds, J.D., 1970 Biology of the small pelagic fishes in the new Volta Lake in Ghana. Part 1. The lake and the fish: feeding habits. Hydrobiologia, 35(3–4):568–603

Reynolds, J.D., 1971 Biology of the small pelagic fishes in the new Volta Lake, Ghana. 2. Schooling and migrations. Hydrobiologia, 38:79–91

Reynolds, J.D., 1973 Biological notes on Barbus species (Pisces: Cyprinidae) in the Volta Lake, Ghana. Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., 87(4):815–21

Reynolds, J.D., 1973a Report on fish production and nutrition in the Volta Lake. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. 47 p. (mimeo)

Reynolds, J.D., 1973b Biology and fisheries potential of four species of Alestes (Pisces: Characinidae) in the new Volta Lake, Ghana. Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., 87(2):298–310

Reynolds, J.D., 1974 Biology of the small pelagic fishes in the new Volta Lake in Ghana. Part 3. Sex and reproduction. Hydrobiologia, 45:489–508

Roberts, T., 1966 A preliminary report on the fishes of the Volta with comments on the development of Ghana's inland fisheries. Tech.Rep.Volta Basin Res.Proj.Univ.Ghana, (X9):19 p.

Roberts, T., 1967 A provisional checklist of the freshwater fishes of the Volta Basin with note on species of possible economic importance. J.W.Afr.Sci.Assoc., 12:10–8

Taylor, E.B., 1973 People in a rapidly changing environment: the first six years of Volta Lake. Geophys. Monogr., 17:99–107

Taylor, G.T. and F. Denyoh, 1969 Final report. Akosombo, Volta Lake Research Project, Ref. No. 122/52 (mimeo)

Unesco, 1968 Ghana. Volta Lake research project. Annual report on Unesco participation for 1968 in the FAO/Special Fund project GHA.10. FR/SF/GHA/10/1. Serial No.1092/BMS.RD/AVS: pag.var.(mimeo)

Vanderpuye, C.J., 1971 Population of clupeids in Volta Lake. Volta Lake Research Project. Accra, Ghana Department of Fisheries, 20 p. (mimeo)

Vanderpuye, C.J., 1972 Fishery resource assessment and monitoring in the development and control of fisheries in the Lake Volta. Rome, FAO, CIFA/72/S.11

Vanderpuye, C.J., 1973 Population of clupeids in Volta Lake. Ghana J.Sci., 13(2):179–93

Vanderpuye, C.J., 1975 Fish population sampling in Volta Lake. EIFAC Tech.Pap./Doc.Tech.CECPI, (23) Suppl.1. Vol.1:66–79

Vanderpuye, C.J., 1981 Identification of Chrysichthys species in Volta Lake, Ghana (Pisces: Bagridae). Rev.Bot.Zool.Afr., 95:439–50

Vanderpuye, C.J. and P. Ocansey, 1972 A preliminary study on the biology of Lates niloticus (Linnaeus 1762) in Volta Lake. Akosombo, Volta Lake Research Project. (mimeo)

Watanabe, K., 1973 An experimental fish drying and smoking plant on Volta Lake, its design, construction and economic consideration. Akosombo, Volta Lake Research Project, FI:DP/GHA/71/533/1:14 p. (mimeo)

Whitehead, V.J.L., 1969 Investigations into the food habits of some juvenile fish in the Volta Lake during the period October 1967 to March 1969, with some notes on distribution and abundance. Tech.Rep.Volta Basin Res.Proj.Univ.Ghana, (X30):31 p.

Wuddah, A.A., 1967 Studies on the biology of the species of Tilapia in Volta Lake. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Ghana, 121 p.

Wuddah, A.A., 1967a A bibliography of Tilapia 1930–1967. Tech.Rep.Volta Basin Res.Proj.Univ.Ghana, (X20):15 p.

Yeboah, F.K., 1979 Some considerations for the comprehensive development of river basins. The Volta Basin experience in Ghana. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Kainji Lake and River Basins Development in Africa. New Bussa, Kainji Lake Research Institute, vol.1:113–7

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