Tafkin Ejagham

Tafkin Ejagham ƙaramin tafki ne kusa da Eyumodjock a yankin Kudu maso Yammacin Kamaru . Ba kamar sauran tafkuna da yawa a yankin ba, ba tafki ne mai aman wuta ba, amma wataƙila wani wuri ne mai cike da ruwan ƙasa da aka samar a zamanin ƙanƙara na ƙarshe . Wannan tafki mai keɓancewa sosai yana da siffar oval, ba shi da kwararar ruwa, amma yana da kwararar ruwa zuwa Kogin Munaya (wani ɓangare na tsarin Kogin Cross ). Fitowar ruwa ba ta yiwuwa ga yawancin kifaye saboda ruwan da ke fitowa daga cikinsa. Ilimin halittu Duk da karamin girmansa, yana tallafawa nau'ikan nau'ikan kifi 7 na coptodonine da oreochromine cichlid (Coptodon deckerti, 2" href="./Coptodon_ejagham" id="mwSg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Coptodon ejagham">C. ejagham, C. fusiform, C. nigrans, Sarotherodon lamprechti, da S. knauerae). Daga cikin wadannan, 6 an bayyana su ne kawai ta hanyar kimiyya a cikin 2010 da 2011, sabili da haka IUCN ba ta kimanta su ba, amma mai yiwuwa suna fuskantar barazanar iri ɗaya kamar C. deckerti (nau'in tsofaffi da IUCN ta kimanta). C. deckerti an dauke shi cikin haɗari saboda gurɓataccen yanayi da raguwa daga ayyukan ɗan adam. Hakanan yana iya fuskantar barazanar manyan hayaki na carbon dioxide (CO2) daga kasan tafkin (idan aka kwatanta da Tafkin Nyos), kodayake Ejagham ba shi da zurfi don ƙunsar wannan iskar gas mai yawa. An gabatar da nau'in kifi daga jinsin Parauchenoglanis zuwa tafkin, kuma wannan mai yiwuwa yana gabatar da babbar barazana ga cichlids. Ana ɗaukar cichlids na Ejagham a matsayin misali na farko na nau'ikan nau'ikan a cikin jinsin biyu. Nazarin ya nuna matakin kwayar halitta ta biyu tsakanin nau'in tafkin da dangi daga yankuna da ke kusa, kuma wannan mai yiwuwa ya sauƙaƙa ƙwayoyin halitta (watau, nau'in Ejagham ba ainihin sakamakon ƙwayoyin halittar tausayi ba). Mqnqzarta