I am an aquatic ecologist with interests in fisheries Ecology and Biology, aquatic resources management, biodiversity conservation and Population Dynamics. For more than 15 years, I worked with Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI) under the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries as a Research Scientist. My professional contributions include participating and disseminating research projects both at National and Regional levels. During my PhD, I investigated on the “inter-guild differences and possible causes of the recovery of haplochromines cichlid species in Lake Victoria, Tanzania”. Under this, the two key research questions which she wanted to answer were: (1) what is the recovery rate and the status of haplochromine trophic groups and species abundance in the lake in 2000s? (2) what are the underlying causes of differential resurgence? The research findings from this research were of paramount importance for sustainable management of biodiversity and fishery in Lake Victoria as a whole. I have been published widely in international scientific journals, where I authored and co-authored over 40 articles and six (6) book chapters. I wrote and contributed to several scientific technical reports and policy briefs. I have been given a scientific talk as the Keynote speaker in the International Scientific Symposium and facilitated some training courses in the Institute. Currently, I am a Principal Researcher Officer and serving the Institute as the Acting Director of Research of Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI).
Long-term ecological successions of vegetation around Lake Victoria (East Africa) in response to latest Pleistocene and Early Holocene climatic changes
Our high-resolution record demonstrates the dynamic response of African tropical ecosystems to major temperature and humidity variations from 16,600 to 9000 cal yr BP, including some of the most important landscape transformations in East Africa in the past 20,000 years
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| Appointments | ||
| Year | Position | Institution Name |
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| 2020-00-00 | Ag. DRCD | TAFIRI |
| 2020-00-00 | Director of Research Dev. & Coordination | TAFIRI |
| 2017-00-00 | PRO/scie | TAFIRI |
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| Journals | ||
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| 2023 | Yunuén Temoltzin-Loranca, Erika Gobet, Boris Vannière, Jacqueline F.N. van Leeuwen, Giulia Wienhues, Sönke Szidat, Colin Courtney-Mustaphi, Mary Kishe, Moritz Muschick, Ole Seehausen,, Martin Grosjean and Willy Tinner. A chronologically reliable record of 17,000 years of biomass burning in the Lake Victoria area (2022). Quaternary Science Reviews. | |
| 2023 | Yao C, Han C, Wang Z, Friese K, Wang Y, Zuo S, Kimirei IA, Kishe MA, Gao Q, Xiong C, Guo Z, Yuan Y, Zhang J, Zhang L, Chen SS, Shen Q (2023) Water Quality Degradation in Urban Rivers of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Changes, Status, and Causes. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 234:224 | |
| 2023 | Silas MO, Kishe MA, Semba MR, Kuboja BN, Ngatunga BP, Mgeleka SS, Linderholm HW, Dahl M, Gullstrom M (2023). Seascape configuration influences big blue octopus (Octopus cyanea) catches: Implications for a sustainable fishery. Fisheries Research: 264 106716. | |
| 2023 | 1. Zifang Liu, Mary A. Kishe, Peter N. Gambagambi, Asilatu H. Shechonge, Benjamin P. Ngatunga, Katie Smith, Andrew D. Saxon, Alan G. Hudson, Tyler Linderoth, George F. Turner, Rupert A. Collins, Martin J. Genner (2023). Nuclear environmental DNA resolves fine-scale population genetic structure in an aquatic habitat | |
| 2023 | 1. Zifang Liu, Mary A. Kishe, Peter N. Gambagambi, Asilatu H. Shechonge, Benjamin P. Ngatunga, Katie Smith, Andrew D. Saxon, Alan G. Hudson, Tyler Linderoth, George F. Turner, Rupert A. Collins, Martin J. Genner. Nuclear environmental DNA resolves fine-scale population genetic structure in an aquatic habitat (2023). iScience. | |
| 2023 | 7. Nyamweya CS, Natugonza V, Kishe MA…et al (2023). Response of fish stocks in Lake Victoria to enforcement of the ban on illegal fishing: Are there lessons for management?, Journal of Great Lakes Research | |
| 2023 | 6. Joana I. Meier, Matthew D. McGee, David A. Marques, Salome Mwaiko, Mary Kishe, Sylvester Wandera, Dirk Neumann, Hilary Mrosso, Lauren J. Chapman, Colin A. Chapman, Les Kaufmann, Anthony Taabu-Munyaho, Catherine E. Wagner, Rémy Bruggmann, Laurent Excoffier, Ole Seehausen (2023). Cycles of fusion and fission enabled rapid parallel adaptive radiations in African cichlids. Science 381 (6665), ade2833 | |
| 2023 | 5. Nare Ngoepe, Moritz Muschick1, Mary A. Kishe, Salome Mwaiko, Yunuén Temoltzin-Loranca, Leighton King, Colin Courtney Mustaphi, Oliver Heiri, Giulia Wienhues, Hendrik Vogel, Maria Cuenca-Cambronero, Willy Tinner, Martin Grosjean, Blake Matthews, Ole Seehausen. A continuous 17ka fish fossil record from Lake Victoria reveals key 2 insights into the beginnings of adaptive radiation. Nature. | |
| 2023 | 4. Moritz Muschick, Eliane Jemmi, Nicholas Lengacher, Stephanie Hänsch, Nathan Wales, Mary A. Kishe, Salome Mwaiko, Jorunn Dieleman, Mark Alexander Lever, Walter Salzburger, Dirk Verschuren, Ole Seehausen (2023). Ancient DNA is preserved in fish fossils from tropical lake sediments. Molecular Ecology. | |
| 2023 | 3. Giulia Wienhues, Yunuen Temoltzin-Loranca, Hendrik Vogel, Marina A. Morlock, Flavio S. Anselmetti, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Madalina Jaggi, Wojciech Tylmann, Mary A. Kishe, Leighton King, Nare Ngoepe, Colin J. Courtney-Mustaphi, Moritz Muschick, Blake Matthews, Salome Mwaiko, Ole Seehausen, Willy Tinner, and Martin Grosjean (2023). From desiccation to wetlands and outflow: rapid Late-Glacial re-filling of Lake Victoria 14-13 ka. Accepted by Journal of Great Lakes Research (Special Issue from the SISAL conference) - August 2023 | |
| 2023 | 2. Yunuén Temoltzin-Loranca, Erika Gobet , Boris Vannière, Jacqueline F.N. van Leeuwen, Giulia Wienhues, Colin Courtney-Mustaphi, Mary Kishe, Moritz Muschick, Leighton King, Pavani Misra, Nare Ngoepe, Blake Matthews, Hendrik Vogel, Oliver Heiri, Ole Seehausen, Martin Grosjean and Willy Tinner (2023). Long-term ecological successions of vegetation around Lake Victoria (East Africa) in response to latest Pleistocene and Early Holocene climatic changes. Accepted with Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Journal | |
| 2022 | Silas MO, Kishe MA, Mgeleka SS, Kuboja BN, Ngatunga BP, Matiku P (2022). The octopus fishing closures positively impact human wellbeing and management success; case of Tanzania. Ocean & Coastal Management 217:106022. | |
| 2022 | Shen Q, Friese K, Gao Q, Yu C, Kimirei IA, Kishe MA, Zhang L, Wu G, Liu Y, Zhang J, Mgana H, Dadi T, Mpanda DW, Shuang S (2022). Status and changes of water quality in typical near-city zones of three East African Great Lakes in Tanzania. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2022). | |
| 2022 | Plisnier, P.-D., Kayanda, R., MacIntyre, S., Obiero, K., Okello, W., Vodacek, A., Cocquyt, C., Abegaz, H., Achieng, A., Akonkwa, B., Albrecht, C., Balagizi, C., Barasa, J., Bashonga, R.A., Bishobibiri A.B., Bootsma, H., Borges, A.V., Chavula, G., Dadi, T., De Keyzer, E., Doran, P.J., Gabagambi, N., Gatare, R., Gemmell, A., Getahun, Haambiya, A.L., Higgins, S.N., Hyangya, B., Irvine, K., Isumbisho, M., Jonasse, C., Katongo, C., Katsev, S., Keyombe, J., Kimirei, I., Kisekelwa, T., Kishe, M., Koding, S.O.A., Kolding, J., Kraemer, B.M., Limbu, P., Lomodei, E., Mahongo, S., Malala, J., Mbabazi, S., Mulungula, P.M., McCandless, M., Medard, M., Ajode, Z.M., Mrosso, H.D., Mudakikwa, E.R., Mulimbwa, N.; Mushagalusa, D., Muvundja, F., Nankabirwa, A., Nahimana, D., Ngatunga, B.P., Ngochera, M., Nicholson, S., Nshombo, M., Ntakimazi, G., Nyamweya, C., Nyeko, J.I., Olago, D., Olbamo, T., O'Reilly, C., Pasche, N., Phiri, H., Raasakka, N., Salyani, A., Sibomana, C., Silsbe, G., Smith, S., Sterner, R.W., Thiery, W., Tuyisenge, J., Van der Knaap, M., Van Steenberge, M., van Zwieten, P.A.M., Verheyen, E., Wakjira, M., Walakira, J., Wembo, O.N., Lawrence, T. Need for harmonized long-term multi-lake monitoring of African Great Lakes. Journal Great Lakes Research. (2022). Need for harmonized long-term multi-lake monitoring of African Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research | |
| 2022 | Shen Q, Friese K, Gao Q, Kimirei IA, Kishe MA, Chen C, Zhang L, Yu C, Wu G, Liu Y (2022). Accumulation characteristics and ecological implications of heavy metals in surface sediments of the Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria. Environ Monit Assess 194:756. | |
| 2022 | Shen Q, Friese K, Gao Q, Kimirei IA, Kishe MA, Chen C, Zhang L, Yu C, Wu G, Liu Y (2022). Accumulation characteristics and ecological implications of heavy metals in surface sediments of the Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria. Environ Monit Assess 194:756. | |
| 2021 | Matthew D. McGee, Samuel R. Borstein, Joana I. Meier, David A. Marques, Salome Mwaiko, Anthony Taabu, Mary A. Kishe, Brian O’Meara, Rémy Bruggmann, Laurent Excoffier & Ole Seehausen (2020). The ecological and genomic basis of explosive adaptive radiation. Nature Research. | |
| 2021 | Shoko AP, Kimirei IA, Sekadende BC, Kishe MA, Sailale IE (2021) Online course in conjunction with face-to-face workshops to improve writing skills leading towards more publications in peer reviewed journals. European Science Editing 47: e54417. | |
| 2021 | Silas MO, Kishe MA, Mshana JG, Semba ML, Mgeleka SS, Kuboja BN, Ngatunga BP, Chande MA, Matiku P (2021). Growth, mortality, exploitation rate and recruitment pattern of Octopus cyanea (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in the WIO region: A case study from the Mafia Archipelago, Tanzania. WIO Journal of Marine Science 20 (1) 2021 71-79. | |
| 2020 | Blackman, R.C., Bruder, A., Burdon, F.J., Convey, P., Funk, W.C., Jähnig, S.C., Kishe, M.A., Moretti, M.S., Natugonza, V., Pawlowski, J., Stubbington, R., Zhang, X., Seehausen, O., Altermatt, F. (2020) A meeting framework for inclusive and sustainable science. Nature Ecology & Evolution. | |
| 2020 | Xiong, C., Guo, Z., Chen, S.S., Gao, Q., Kishe, M.A., Shen, Q. (2020). Understanding the pathway of phosphorus metabolism in urban household consumption system: A case study of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Journal of Cleaner Production 274:122874 | |
| 2020 | McGee, M.D., Borstein, S. R., Meier, J.I., Marques, D. A., Mwaiko, S., Taabu, A., Kishe, M. A., O’Meara, B., Bruggmann, R., Excoffier, L., Seehausen, O. (2020). The ecological and genomic basis of explosive adaptive radiation. NatureResearch. | |
| 2019 | Shoko, A.P., Limbu, S.M., Lamtane, H.A., Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Sekadende, B., Ulotu, E.E., Masanja, J.C., Mgaya, Y.D. (2019) The role of fish-poultry integration on fish growth performance, yields and economic benefits among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania. African Journal of Aquatic Science 44, 1-10. | |
| 2017 | Limbu, S.M., Shoko, A.P., Lamtane, H.A., Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Joram, M.C., Mbonde, A.S., Mgana, H.F., Mgaya, Y.D. (2017) Fish polyculture system integrated with vegetable farming improves yield and economic benefits of small-scale farmers. Aquaculture Research 48, 3631-3644. | |
| 2017 | Kalacska, M., Arroyo-Mora, J.P., Lucanus, O., Kishe-Machumu, M.A. (2017). Land cover, Land Use, and Climate Change Impacts on Endemic Cichlid Habitats in Northern Tanzania. Remote Sensing 9:623. | |
| 2016 | Limbu, S.M., Shoko, A.P., Lamtane, H.A., Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Joram, M.C., Mbonde, A.S., Mgana, H.F., Mgaya, Y.D. (2016) Supplemental effects of ingredients and rice bran on the growth performance, survival and yield of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus reared in fertilized earthen ponds. Springerplus 5. | |
| 2016 | van Rijssel, J.C., Hecky, R.E., Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Meijer, S.E., Pols, J., van Tienderen, K.M., Ververs, J.D., Wanink, J.H., Witte, F. (2016) Climatic variability in combination with eutrophication drives adaptive responses in the gills of Lake Victoria cichlids. Oecologia 182, 1187-1201. | |
| 2016 | Kishe-Machumu, M.A., van Rijssel, J.C., Poste, A., Hecky, R.E., Witte, F. (2017) Stable isotope evidence from formalin-ethanol-preserved specimens indicates dietary shifts and increasing diet overlap in Lake Victoria cichlids. Hydrobiologia 791, 155-173. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-016-2925-1 | |
| 2016 | van Rijssel, J.C., Hecky, R.E., Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Witte, F. (2017) Changing ecology of Lake Victoria cichlids and their environment: evidence from C-13 and N-15 analyses. Hydrobiologia 791, 175-191. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-016-2790-y | |
| 2016 | Limbu, S.M., Shoko, A.P., Lamtane, H.A., Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Joram, M.C., Mbonde, A.S., Mgana, H.F., Mgaya, Y.D. (2016) Supplemental effects of mixed ingredients and rice bran on the growth performance, survival and yield of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus reared in fertilized earthen ponds. Springerplus 5. DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-1643-x | |
| 2015 | Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Voogd, T., Wanink, J.H., Witte, F. (2015a) Can differential resurgence of haplochromine trophic in Lake Victoria be explained by selective Nile perch, Lates niloticus (L.) predation? Environmental Biology of Fishes 98, 1255-1263. DOI:10.1007/s10641-014-0356-2 | |
| 2015 | Kishe-Machumu, M.A., van Rijssel, J.C., Wanink, J.H., Witte, F. (2015b) Differential recovery and spatial distribution pattern of haplochromine cichlids in the Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria. Journal of Great Lakes Research 41, 454-462. http://dx. DOI: org/10.1016/j.jglr.2015.03.005. | |
| 2015 | Limbu, S.M., Shoko, A.P., Dominic, E.S., Lamtane, H.A., Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Mgana, H., Mgaya, Y.D. (2015) Effect of initial stocking size of the predatory Clarias gariepinus on recruits number, growth performance, survival and yield in mixed-sex Oreochromis niloticus. International Aquatic Research 7 (1): 63-73. DOI: 10.1007/s40071-014-0093-3. | |
| 2014 | van Rijssel, J.C., Hoogwater, E.S., Kishe-Machumu, M.A., van Reenen, E., Spits, K.V., van der Stelt, R.C., Wanink, J.H., Witte, F. (2014) Fast adaptive responses in the oral jaw of Lake Victoria cichlids. Evolution 69, 179-189. | |
| 2012 | Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Witte, F., Wanink, J.H., Katunzi, E.F.B. (2012) The diet of Nile perch, Lates niloticus (L.) after resurgence of haplochromine cichlids in the Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria. Hydrobiologia 682, 111-119. | |
| 2012 | Ngatunga, B.P., Lugendo, B.R., Kishe-Machumu, M.A. (2012) Checklist of Tanzanian fishes. In: Gideon H, Nyinondi P & Oyema G: Checklist of Tanzanian species. Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology 1: 143-194. | |
| 2012 | Witte, F., Seehausen, O., Wanink, J.H., Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Rensing, M., Goldschmidt, T. (2012a) Cichlid species diversity in naturally and anthropogenically turbid habitats of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Aquatic Sciences. | |
| 2012 | Witte, F., Silsbe, G.M., Hecky, R.E., Goudswaard, P.C., Guildford, S.J., Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Wanink, J.H. (2012b) Did the loss of phytoplanktivorous fish contribute to algal blooms in the Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria? Hydrobiologia 679, 283-296. | |
| 2008 | Witte, F., van Oijen, M.J.P., Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Wanink, J.H. (2008) Trettio års forskning om ciklider från Viktoriasjön – Ett ekologisk skådespel som erbjuder nya vetenskapliga möjligheter. Ciklidbladet 41 (4): 28-29. | |
| 2007 | Witte, F., van Oijen, M,. Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Wanink, J.H. (2007c) Thirty years research on Lake Victoria cichlids; an ecological drama provide new scientific opportunities. SILnews 51: 12-13. | |
| 2007 | Witte, F., Wanink, J.H., Kishe-Machumu, M. (2007a) Species distinction and the biodiversity crisis in Lake Victoria. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136, 1146-1159. | |
| 2007 | Witte, F., Wanink, J.H., Kishe-Machumu, M., Mkumbo, O.C., Goudswaard, P.C., Seehausen, O. (2007b) Differential decline and recovery of haplochromine trophic groups in the Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 10, 416-433 | |
| 2004 | Kishe, M.A. (2004) Some physical and chemical characteristics of water in selected areas in Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science 2: 65-72. | |
| 2004 | Katunzi, E.F.B., Kishe, M.A. (2004) Population structure of major fish species in selected satellite lakes in Lake Victoria Basin, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science 2: 53-64. | |
| 2003 | Kishe, M.A., Machiwa, J.F. (2003) Distribution of heavy metals in sediments of Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Environment International 28, 619-625. | |
| Book Chapters | ||
| Year | Citation | |
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| 2021 | van Rijssel JC, de Jong RCM, Kishe MA, Witte F (2021). Rapid Evolutionary Responses in Cichlids: Genetics of Adaptation, Morphology and Taxonomic Implications. In: M. E. Abate, D. L. G. Noakes (eds.), The Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of Cichlid Fishes, Fish & Fisheries Series 40, | |
| 2021 | Natugonza V, Musinguzi L, Kishe MA, van Rijssel JC, Seehausen O. Ogutu-Ohwayo R (2021). The Consequences of Anthropogenic Stressors on Cichlid Fish Communities: Revisiting Lakes Victoria, Kyoga and Nabugabo. In: M. E. Abate, D. L. G. Noakes (eds.), The Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of Cichlid Fishes, Fish & Fisheries Series 40, | |
| 2018 | Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Natugonza, V., Nyingi, D.W., Snoeks, J., Carr, J.A., Seehausen, O., Sayer, C.A., (2018) The status and distribution of freshwater fishes in the Lake Victoria Basin, in: Sayer, C.A., Máiz-Tomé, L., Darwall, W.R.T. (Eds.), Freshwater biodiversity in the Lake Victoria Basin: Guidance for species conservation, site protection, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods. IUCN, Cambridge, UK and Gland, Switzerland. | |
| 2018 | Sayer, C.A., Máiz-Tomé, L., Akwany, L.O., Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Natugonza, V., Whitney, C.W., Omondi, R., Nshutiyayesu, S., Kabuye, C.S., (2018) The importance of freshwater species to livelihoods in the Lake Victoria Basin, in: Sayer, C.A., Máiz-Tomé, L., Darwall, W.R.T. (Eds.), Freshwater biodiversity in the Lake Victoria Basin: Guidance for species conservation, site protection, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods. IUCN, Cambridge, UK and Gland, Switzerland. | |
| 2017 | Katunzi, E.F.B., Onyango, P.O., Mahongo, S.B., Kishe-Machumu, M.A., van Rijssel, J.C., Kayanda, R.J., Mgaya, Y.D., (2017b) Historical Perspectives and Trends in Fisheries Research in Tanzania, in: Mgaya, Y.D., Mahongo, S.B. (Eds.), Lake Victoria Fisheries Resources : Research and Management in Tanzania. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 11-35. | |
| 2014 | Witte, F., Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Mkumbo, O.C., Wanink, J.H., Goudswaard, P.C., Van Rijssel, J.C., van Oijen, M.J.P. (2013). The Fish Fauna of Lake Victoria during a Century of Human Induced Perturbations. In J. Snoeks & A. Getahun (eds), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on African Fish and Fisheries, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22-26 September 2008. Tervuren: Royal Museum for Central Africa, ‘Zoological Documentation Online Series’, 49-66 | |
| 2005 | Kishe, M.A., Machiwa, J.F. (2005) Heavy metal contents in Oreochromis niloticus (Linn. 1757) from Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria. In: LVEMP, 2005: Knowledge and Experiences Gained from Managing the Lake Victoria Ecosystem (LVEMP Regional Scientific Conference, Kisumu, Kenya (3rd –7th Dec. 2001), 664-677pp | |
| 2002 | Kishe, M.A., Mkumbo, O.C. (2002) The biology, ecology and impact of Nile perch of Lates niloticus and the future of the fishery in Lake Victoria. In: Mahongo SB, Chande AI and Katunzi EFB (Eds). The biology and ecology of Lake Victoria Fisheries: their development and management. | |
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| Position: | Principal Research Officer |
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| Phone: | +255784317539 |
| Email: | mariakishe@tafiri.go.tz |
| Address: | 9750, Dar |
| Fax: | +255 222650043 |
