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Name Proff. Mlewa Chrisestom Mwatete
Nationality Kenyan
Gender Male
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Institution: Pwani University
P.O. Box 195-80108 Kilifi
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::: Professional Details
Academic Qualifications: Doctorate (PhD)
Working Languages: English
LME Regions: Somali Coastal Current
Area(s) Expertise: Fisheries
::: Publications
Publication Name: Agembe, S., Mlewa, C.M. and Kaunda-Arara, B. (2010). Catch composition, abundance and length-weight relationships of groupers (Pisces: Serranidae) from inshore waters of Kenya. WIOMSA Journal of Marine Science 9(1), 91-102.

Dunbrack, R., J.M. Green and C.M. Mlewa (2006). Marbled lungfish growth rates in Lake Baringo, Kenya, estimated by mark-recapture. Journal of Fish Biology 68, 443-447

E.K. Mbaru, Mlewa, C.M. and Kimani, E. N. (2010). Length-weight relationship of 39 selected reef fishes in the Kenyan coastal artisanal fishery. Fisheries Research 106, 567-569.

Gamoe, A. Kaunda-Arara, B. and Mlewa C.M. (2010). The influence of reef type and seasonality on population structure of coral reef fishes within Malindi Marine Park, Kenya. Marine Ecology 31, 494-505

Garner, S., T.P. Birt, C.M. Mlewa, J.M. Green, A. Seifert and V.L. Friesen (2006). Genetic variation in marbled lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus) in Lake Victoria and introduction to Lake Baringo, Kenya. Journal of Fish Biology 69(b), 189-199.

Mlewa, C.M. (2013). Taxonomic study of Barbus pellegrini and Barbus neumayeri from the Lake Kivu-Lake Edward region in Eastern Africa. African Journal of Ecology 51: 300-306.

Mlewa, C.M. and J.M. Green (2004). Biology of the marbled African lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel in Lake Baringo, Kenya. African Journal of Ecology 42, 338-345.

Mlewa, C.M. and J.M. Green (2006). Translocation of marbled African lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus (Teleostei: Protopteridae) and its fishery in Lake Baringo, Kenya. African Journal of Aquatic Science 31(1), 131-136.

Mlewa, C.M., Green, J.M. and Dunbrack, R. (2011). The General Natural History of the African Lungfishes. pp 97-127. In Jorgensen, J.M. & Joss, J. (Eds). The Biology of Lungfishes. Science Publishers, Enfield, New Hampshire. ISBN: 978-1-57808-431-9.

Mlewa, C.M., Green, J.M. and R. Dunbrack (2007). Are wild African lungfish obligate air breathers? Some evidence from radio telemetry. African Zoology 42(1), 131-134

Mlewa, C.M., J.M. Green and A. Simms (2005). Movement and habitat use by the marbled lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851 in Lake Baringo, Kenya. Hydrobiologia 537, 229-238.

Ngugi, C.C., Manyala, J.O., Njiru, M. and Mlewa, C.M. (2009). Some aspects of the biology of the stargazer mountain catfish, Amphilius uranoscopus (Pfeffer); (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae) indigenous to Kenya streams. African Journal of Ecology 47, 606-613.

Nyamweya, C.S., Mlewa, C.M. Ngugi, C.C. and B. Kaunda-Arara (2010). Daily growth of young-of-the-year Baringo tilapia Oreochromis niloticus baringoensis (Trewavas 1983). African Zoology 45(1), 139-143.

Nyamweya, C.S., Mlewa, C.M., Ngugi, C.C. and B. Kaunda-Arara. (2010). Validation of daily growth of African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) young-of-the-year from Lake Baringo, Kenya. Lakes & Reservoirs: Research and Management 15, 341-345.

Nyamweya, C.S., Mlewa, C.M., Ngugi, C.C., Kaunda-Arara, B., Gichuki, J. Ojwang, W. and J. Ojuok (2012). Aspects of the biology and fishery of Labeo cylindricus (Pisces: Cyprinidae) in Lake Baringo, Kenya. Lakes & Reservoirs: Research and Management 17: 225-229

Osuka, K.E. and Mlewa, C.M. (2012). Morphomeristic study of sympatric Barbus species from a man-made reservoir in upland Kenya. African Journal of Ecology 50(1): 53-59.