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In Africa since the 1950s, a large number of dams have been constructed for electricity generation, improved water supply or for irrigation (Table 15.1). In all the major and many of the larger reservoirs impounded by these dams, commercial fisheries have developed.
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Cowx, I.G., Kapasa, C.K. (1995). Species changes in reservoir fisheries following impoundment: the case of Lake Itezhi-tezhi, Zambia. In: Pitcher, T.J., Hart, P.J.B. (eds) The Impact of Species Changes in African Lakes. Chapman & Hall Fish and Fisheries Series, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0563-7_15
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