Browsing Articles: Department of Biological Sciences by Author "Kotut, Kiplagat"
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Amino acid neurotoxins in feathers of the Lesser Flamingo, Phoeniconaias minor
Metcalf, J.S.; Banack, S.A.; Kotut, Kiplagat; Krienitz, L.; Codd, G.A. (Elsevier, 2013-01)The Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) is known to use cyanobacteria (primarily Arthrospira) as a major food source in the East African Rift Valley lakes. Periodically, mass mortalities have occurred, associated with ... -
Analysis of the cyanotoxins anatoxin-a and microcystins in Lesser Flamingo feathers.
Metcalf, J.S.; Morrison, L.F.; Krienitz, L.; Ballot, A.; Krause, E.; Kotut, Kiplagat; Pütz, S.; Wiegand, C.; Pflugmacher, S.; Codd, G.A. (Taylor & Francis, 2006)Feathers from carcasses of the Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor), which had died after ingesting cyanobacterial toxins (cyanotoxins) contained between 0.02 and 30.0 µg microcystin-LR equivalents per gram of feather ... -
Changes of phytoplankton communities in Lakes Naivasha and Oloidien, examples of degradation and salinization of lakes in the Kenyan Rift Valley
Ballot, A.; Kotut, Kiplagat; Novelo, E.; Krienitz, L. (Springer, 2009)Increasing degradation of the water quality, caused by overuse and salinization, leads to considerable changes of the phytoplankton composition in Kenyan Rift Valley lakes. Exemplarily, the phytoplankton communities ... -
A Comparison of the physico-chemical and bacteriological quality of greywater from water deficient households in Homabay Town and Githurai Estates in Kenya.
Ngángá, V.G.; Kariuki, F.W.; Kotut, Kiplagat (Academic Journals, 2012)Greywater, the untreated household wastewater that has not been contaminated by toilet waste, has been touted as a reliable all year-round source of water, especially in water scarce areas. Although it is commonly reused ... -
Contribution of hot spring cyanobacteria to the mysterious deaths of Lesser Flamingos at Lake Bogoria, Kenya
Krienitz, L.; Ballot, A.; Kotut, Kiplagat; Wiegand, C.; Pütz, S.; Metcalf, J.S.; Codd, G.A.; Pflugmacher, S. (Elsevier, 2003-03-01)Cyanobacterial mats at hot springs on the shore of the alkaline Lake Bogoria, Kenya, were investigated regarding species community and cyanobacterial toxin content. The hepatotoxins microcystin-LR, -RR, -LF and -YR, and ... -
Contribution of tixic cynobacteria to massive deaths of lesser flamingoes at saline-alkaline lakes of Kenya
Krienitz, L.; Ballot, A.; Casper, P.; Codd, G.A.; Kotut, Kiplagat; Metcalf, J.S.; Morrison, L.F.; Pflugmacher, S.; Wiegand, C. (2003) -
A cyano-anomaly? Cyanobacterial toxins as contributors to Lesser Flamingo mass deaths
Codd, G.A.; Metcalf, J.S.; Morrison, L.F.; Krienitz, L.; Ballot, A.; Pflugmacher, S.; Wiegand, C.; Kotut, Kiplagat (2003-10)In the present study, significative HAB’S bloom was confirmed in Matanchén Bay during Febrary 2003. The Raphidophice Fibrocapsa cf. japonica, Toriumi et Takano 1973 (=Chatonella japonica) has dominated (97%) red ... -
Cyanobacteria and cyanobacterial toxins in the alkaline crater lakes Sonachi and Simbi, Kenya
Ballot, A.; Krienitz, L.; Kotut, Kiplagat; Wiegand, C.; Pflugmacher, S. (Elsevier, 2005-01)The phytoplankton communities and the production of cyanobacterial toxins were investigated in two alkaline Kenyan crater lakes, Lake Sonachi and Lake Simbi. Lake Sonachi was mainly dominated by the cyanobacterium Arthrospira ... -
Cyanobacterial diversity in the hot spring, pelagic and benthic habitats of a tropical soda lake
Dadheech, Pawan K.; Glockner, G.; Casper, P.; Kotut, Kiplagat; Mazzoni, C.J.; Mbedi, S.; Krienitz, L. (2013-08)Hot springs and saline-alkaline lakes of East Africa are extreme habitats regarding temperature, or salinity and pH, respectively. This study examines whether divergent habitats of Lake Bogoria, Kenya, impacts cyanobacterial ... -
Cyanotoxin-producing bloom of Anabaena flos-aquae, Anabaena discoidea and Microcystis aeruginosa (Cyanobacteria) in Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria, Kenya
Krienitz, L.; Ballot, A.; Wiegand, C.; Kotut, Kiplagat; Codd, G.A.; Pflugmacher, S. (2002)A bloom of Anabaena flos-aquae, Anabaena discoidea and Microcystis aeruginosa, was characterized in Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria, near Kisumu, Kenya. According to classical literature data, A. discoidea was considered to ... -
Desertifilum fontinale sp. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) from a warm spring in East Africa, based on conventional and molecular studies
Dadheech, Pawan K.; Mahmoud, Huda; Kotut, Kiplagat; Krienitz, L. (2014)Desertifilum is a filamentous cyanobacterium of crusts and biofilms, recently described from the extreme hot and dry Thar Desert in north–western India. A new species was isolated from a warm spring near Lake Bogoria, Kenya ... -
Does the potentially toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis exist in the soda lakes of East Africa?
Kotut, Kiplagat; Krienitz, L. (Springer, 2011)Presently, the food chains of the famous saline alkaline flamingo-lakes of East Africa are the focus of intense scientific discussion as the lakes host toxic cyanobacteria, which when consumed by Lesser Flamingos, ... -
Fluctuating algal food populations and the occurrence of lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) in three Kenyan rift valley lakes
Krienitz, L.; Kotut, Kiplagat (2010-06)The last two decades have witnessed increasing episodes of lesser flamingo die-offs in East Africa. Based on data on phytoplankton composition, biomass, and flamingo population density in three alkaline-saline lakes ... -
Food algae for Lesser Flamingos: a stocktaking
Krienitz, Lothar; Krienitz, Doris; Dadheech, Pawan K.; Hübener, Thomas; Kotut, Kiplagat; Luo, Wei; Teubner, Katrin; Versfeld, Wilferd D. (Springer, 2016-07)Lesser Flamingo, the flagship species of saline wetlands of Africa and India, is a specialised feeder subsisting on microscopic cyanobacteria and algae. To establish the relationship between flamingo occurrence and food ... -
Genotypic diversity of Dictyosphaerium–morphospecies (Chlorellaceae, Trebouxiophyceae) in African inland waters, including the description of four new genera
Krienitz, L.; Bock, Christina; Kotut, Kiplagat; Pröschold, Thomas (2012)Trebouxiophytes of the Dictyosphaerium–morphotype from inland waters of Africa were studied using a polyphasic approach of SSU and ITS rDNA phylogeny, secondary structure of the ITS and observations made with a light ... -
Haloleptolyngbya alcalis gen. et sp. nov., a new filamentous cyanobacterium from the soda lake Nakuru, Kenya
Dadheech, Pawan K.; Mahmoud, Huda; Kotut, Kiplagat; Krienitz, L. (Springer, 2012)The food web of the saline-alkaline Lake Nakuru is dominated by the cyanobacterium Arthrospira fusiformis as the primary producer and a huge population of Lesser Flamingos as direct consumers. However, the dense blooms ... -
Hidden diversity of eukaryotic plankton in the soda lake Nakuru, Kenya, during a phase of low salinity revealed by a SSU rRNA gene clone library
Luo, Wei; Kotut, Kiplagat; Krienitz, L. (Springer, 2013)A SSU rRNA gene clone library was constructed to establish the diversity of eukaryotic plankton in the African soda lake Nakuru during a phase of low salinity (9.7 ppt = hyposaline). Normally, the lake is mesosaline ... -
Hydrochemical Characteristics, Plant Nutrients and Metals in Household Greywater and Soils in Homa Bay Town
Kariuki, F.W.; Ng`ang`a, V.G.; Kotut, Kiplagat (2012)Greywater recycling has been identified as an efficient method to conserve water. The purpose of this study was to investigate some selected hydrochemical characteristics, plant nutrients and metal content of greywater and ... -
The influence of diel climatic cycle on the depth time distribution of phytoplankton and photosynthesis in a shallow equatorial lake (Lake Baringo), Kenya.
Patterson, G.; Kotut, Kiplagat (Springer, 1995-05)Lake Baringo is a shallow equatorial lake. This paper reports a diel study of the depth-time distribution of phytoplankton and photosynthesis at one location in Lake Baringo on 10 March 1989. The water column shows a pattern ... -
Mass developments of a small sized ecotype of Arthrospira fusiformis in Lake Oloidien, Kenya, a new feeding ground for Lesser Flamingos in East Africa
Krienitz, L.; Dadheech, Pawan K.; Kotut, Kiplagat (2013)The Lesser Flamingos constantly commute between the soda lakes of East Africa in search of food. Their preferred food, the cyanobacterium Arthrospira fusiformis, usually establishes dense populations in saline–alkaline ...