scholarly journals Ecology and Fish Biodiversity of Man-Made Lakes of Southern Benin (West Africa): Implications for Species Conservation and Fisheries Management

2016 ◽  
Vol 07 (06) ◽  
pp. 874-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Houehanou M. A. G. Gbaguidi ◽  
Alphonse Adite ◽  
Edmond Sossoukpe
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Species Conservation ◽  
Fish Biodiversity ◽  
Southern Benin

scholarly journals Ethnoichthyology of Fishing Communities in the Lower Valley of Ouémé in Benin, West Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-151
Author(s):  
Gildas Djidohokpin ◽  
Edmond Sossoukpè ◽  
Richard Adandé ◽  
Juste V. Voudounnou ◽  
Emile D. Fiogbé ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Behavioral Traits ◽  
Vernacular Names ◽  
Medicinal Use ◽  
Republic Of Benin ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Dietary Value ◽  
Fishing Area

Ethno-ichthyological knowledge can improve fisheries management. This study covers interactions between ecological, morphological, and sociocultural aspects pertaining to the fish of the Tovè River, which is located in the largest fishing area in the Republic of Benin (Ouémé Valley), West Africa. In particular, data were collected on fishing methods and techniques, fishing equipment, and ichthyofauna by noting vernacular names followed by identification traits, taste and dietary value, medicinal use, and related knowledge of different species. Through data related to names given locally to fish, this paper highlights the manner in which physical or behavioral traits are coded in terminology. Most of these species have a high market value, either because they are considered to be delicacies and/or for their medicinal uses. The results suggest that ethno-ichthyological information can successfully be applied to improve fish conservation and fisheries management.

Analysis of extreme rains through climate indicators in the context of climate change in southern Benin

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1b) ◽  
pp. C20A01-1-C20A01-33
Author(s):  
Ferdinand Sourou HOUNVOU ◽  
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K. F. Guedje ◽  
Hilaire Kougbeagbede ◽  
Adebiyi Joseph Adechinan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Entire Study Period ◽  
Entire Study ◽  
Climate Indicators ◽  
Large Growth ◽  
Southern Benin ◽  
Heavy Rains

The recurrence of flooding in recent years in West Africa is dramatically affecting the socio-economic system of most countries in the region. This work is devoted to the analysis of the heavy rains of its last years in the context of global warming in subequatorial Benin through eight rainfall indicators. For this purpose, the daily rains collected at seventeen stations in the south of Benin between 1960 and 2018, the maximum and minimum daily temperatures of the two synoptic stations in the study area between 1970 and 2018 are used. Analysis of the results shows a non-uniform trend in rainfall indicators over the entire study period. The monthly trend is in accordance with the bimodal rain regime of southern Benin for each of the climatic indicators studied. After the break in the downward trend in rainfall in the 1980s or 1990s at the various stations, the last three decades have been marked above all by ten-year averages of the various indicators that are higher than those obtained over the entire study period. Despite the low proportion of extreme rains, their frequency has increased since the resumption of rainfall in the 1980s or 1990s, especially compared to the 1970s and 1980s. The highest heights are observed for the most part in the towns close to the sea Atlantic Ocean. Global warming in southern Benin is characterized above all by high decadal temperature variation rates in the 1990s. This significant global warming in this pivotal decade is accompanied by relatively large growth in all indicators in southern Benin.

scholarly journals Prevalence and susceptibility to antibiotics from Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from chicken meat in southern Benin, West Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvain Daton Kouglenou ◽  
Alidehou Jerrold Agbankpe ◽  
Victorien Dougnon ◽  
Armando Djiyou Djeuda ◽  
Esther Deguenon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Campylobacter Jejuni ◽  
Chicken Meat ◽  
Campylobacter Coli ◽  
Southern Benin

Ecosystem services and biomass stock from bamboo stands in central and southern Benin, West Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roel Dire Houdanon ◽  
Sylvanus Mensah ◽  
Césaire Gnanglè ◽  
Nourou Soulemane Yorou ◽  
Marcel Houinato
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Southern Benin
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