period–luminosity–colour relation
period–luminosity–colour relation(PLC relation) A relationship between the period and colour of a
pulsating variable and its luminosity. It is an extension of the
period–luminosity relation that takes differences in colour (i.e. temperature) into account.
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Nutritional composition and shelflife of the Lake Victoria Nile perch (Lates niloticus) stored in ice.(Report)
Magazine article from: African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; INTRODUCTION Nile perch (Lates niloticus...fish species from the Lake Victoria Fishery. In Kenya, it is...of 55,706 metric tons of Nile perch were landed. This was...929 metric tons, while the Nile tilapia was ranked third with...
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Useful disasters: the complexity of response to stress in a tropical lake ecosystem [Introduction of Nile perch to Lake Victoria]
Magazine article from: Anthropologica; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...The introduction of the Nile perch (Lates niloticus) into Lake Victoria in the middle of this...only outlet is via the Victoria Nile at Jinja, Uganda. Today...the introduction of the Nile perch, Lake Victoria harbour
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Lake Victoria's Nile perch boom: a decade ago, Nile perch was only caught on Lake Victoria for domestic consumption, but today it is in heavy demand in European and Asian countries. (Countryfile: Tanzania).
Magazine article from: African Business; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Tanzania's Lake Victoria region where the export of Nile perch fillets has...He describes the Nile perch as the savior of Lake Victoria's economy, where...36,000t of fresh Nile perch a year, caught in Lake Victoria in Tanzanian waters...
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The Nile perch in Lake Victoria: local responses and adaptations.
Magazine article from: Africa; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...ABSTRACT Introduced into Lake Victoria in the 1950s, the Nile perch has gained fame for...historical development of the Nile perch fishery on Lake Victoria. Particular emphasis is...around the shores of Lake Victoria. The Nile perch is a large (up to...
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Battle lines drawn over Bujagali dam: developers say the new hydroelectric project on the Nile is vital for the region's economic growth, but environmentalists insist it will drown a sacred waterfall and accelerate the emptying of Lake Victoria. Tom Nevin reports.(Uganda)
Magazine article from: African Business; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Ugandans, will drown a sacred waterfall and harm Lake Victoria, the world's largest tropical lake. The influential...250MW, run-of-the-river hydropower plant on the Victoria Nile will re-use water flowing from two existing upstream...
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John Hanning Speke (1827-64): Richard Burton's exploring companion, John Speke was the first European to reach Lake Victoria, which he correctly identified as a source of the Nile.(Late Great Geographers #54)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 4/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...of the source of the Nile. The pair set out...going on to find Lake Victoria. Certain he had found the Nile's source, he travelled...mapped a portion of Lake Victoria and named Ripon Falls...the Discovery of the Nile Source. The book gave...
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Changing economic problems for women in the Nile perch fishing communities on Lake Victoria
Magazine article from: Anthropologica; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...fish species, the Nile perch Lares niloticus), to Lake Victoria in the 1950s, and...The piscivorous Nile perch decimated most...fishers christened the Nile perch the "saviour...a problem on Lake Victoria since the beginning...
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Geographical Notes: The source of the Nile, I presume?
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/28/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...its connection to the Nile. He convinced James Grant...Speke "discovered" the Victoria Nile and Ripon Falls, and...He circumnavigated Lake Victoria, he saw Lake Edward and...Congo River, not the Nile, by following it to its...
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What Do the Galapagos, Machu Picchu, Victoria Falls, Singita Private Game Reserve and Nile River Cruising Have in Common?
PR Newswire; 4/18/2006; 700+ words
; Crystal Cruises Expands Its Collection of 2007 World Cruise Extended Land Programs LOS ANGELES, April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- In keeping with the surge of participation in expanded shoreside experiences, Crystal Cruises has increased the number of extended land adventures available with its 2007 World
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Kenya seeks end to Egyptian veto over use of Nile waters
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 2/19/2002; ; 595 words
; ...and Tanzania, which interlock with Kenya to form the shoreline of Lake Victoria. The Nile's most remote headstream flows into Lake Victoria, becoming the Victoria Nile. That river flows into and out of Lake Albert. It becomes the White Nile...
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Victoria Nile
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Victoria Nile river, section of the White Nile, c.260 mi (420 km) long, central Uganda, E central Africa. It drains from the northern end of Lake Victoria at Jinja and flows generally north and west, over Ripon Falls and Owen...
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Nile
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the Bahr-el-Abiad, Bahr-el-Jebel, Albert Nile, and Victoria Nile) rises in the headwaters of Lake Victoria in a...and Kabalega (formerly Murchison) Falls on the Victoria Nile. Irrigation along the Nile The use of the Nile...
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White Nile
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...300 mi (3,700 km) long stem of the Nile draining from the headwaters of Lake Victoria (Victoria Nyanza). In this wider...principal headstreams feeding into Lake Victoria. Known as the Victoria Nile for approximately the next 260 mi...
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Lake Victoria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...is one of the chief headwater reservoirs of the Nile; the Victoria Nile drains the lake to the north. At the Nalubaale (Owen Falls) and Kiira dams on the Victoria Nile the lake's waters are used to generate hydroelectricity...
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Nile River
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...and draining through the Blue Nile and Atbara, yield approximately...Aswan. Flows from the White Nile originating in the region of Lake Victoria are buffered by the great Sudd...the year. Flows from the Blue Nile are concentrated in a three...
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