Niger River Mormyridae Family monography Book

1Introduction¶

Welcome to the official repository for Ecology and Conservation of Mormyridae in the Niger River. This repository contains all the code examples featured in the book, designed to help you learn and apply Python for geospatial analysis using open-source tools.

2Get the Book¶

3Cite the Book¶

If you use this book in your research or teaching, please consider citing it as follows:

Souleymane, M.N.S. (2025). Ecology and Conservation of Mormyridae in the Niger River: A Comprehensive Study of Morphometrics, Population Dynamics, and Sustainable Management.

4Table of Contents¶

To download a PDF version of the complete Table of Contents, please visit https://halieute.github.

• Preface

  • Introduction

  • Who This Book Is For

  • What This Book Covers

  • Getting the Most Out of This Book

  • Conventions Used in This Book

  • Accessing the Research Data

  • Get in Touch

  • Acknowledgments

  • About the Author

• I: Research Foundations

  • The Niger River Ecosystem

  • Mormyridae Biology and Evolution

  • Research Methodology Framework

• II: Morphometric Analysis

  • Size and Weight Relationships

  • Growth Type Characterization

  • Condition Factor Analysis

• III: Population Dynamics

  • Mormyrus rume Case Study

  • Diversity and Abundance Assessment

  • Reproductive Ecology

• IV: Conservation Applications

  • Threat Assessment Framework

  • Sustainable Management Strategies

  • Long-term Monitoring Protocols

• V: Synthesis and References

  • Integrated Findings and Discussion

  • Comprehensive References and Data Repository

  • Appendix: Field Protocols and Data Tables

5About the Author¶

Msc. Souleymane Maman Nouri Souley is a Senior Research Scientist at Atlantic University’s Department of Marine Biology, specializing in West African freshwater ecology. With over 6 years of field research in the Niger Basin, his work focuses on fish population dynamics, sustainable fisheries management, and climate change impacts on aquatic ecosystems. He has published extensively on Mormyridae ecology, including seminal papers on length-weight relationships, diversity assessments, and exploitation parameters that form the foundation of this comprehensive volume.

As founding coordinator of the Niger River Conservation Initiative, Dr. Souley bridges scientific research with community-based conservation programs, ensuring that ecological insights translate into tangible protection strategies for West Africa’s vital freshwater resources.

• National Science Foundation Grant #[Number]

• Diffa University Research Initiative

• Niger River Conservation Network

Special gratitude to field research teams from Atlantic University, local fishing communities along the Niger River who shared invaluable traditional ecological knowledge, and colleagues who provided taxonomic validation and statistical consultation.

The book was written using MyST Markdown and compiled using Typst with the min-book template. Credits to developers and maintainers of the Typst and MyST Markdown projects. Special thanks to mayconfmelo for the min-book template and their help with customizing the template for this book.

7Licensing and Copyright¶

This research embraces the principles of open science and transparent research. To support reproducibility, education, and conservation applications, the research data and statistical code in this book are released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This means you are free to copy, modify, and distribute the data and code, even for commercial purposes, as long as appropriate credit is given.

Please attribute data and code usage by citing the book or linking to the data repository:

Souley, S. M. N. (2025). Ecology and Conservation of Mormyridae in the Niger River: A Comprehensive Study of Morphometrics, Population Dynamics, and Sustainable Management.

The text, analytical frameworks, figures, and images in this book are copyrighted by the author and may not be reproduced, redistributed, or modified without explicit permission. This includes all written content, custom analytical models, ecological interpretations, and conservation recommendations unless otherwise noted.

If you wish to reuse or adapt any non-data material from the book—for example, for teaching, conservation planning, or scientific publications—please contact the author to request permission.

This dual licensing approach helps balance open access to research data with the protection of original scientific analysis and conservation frameworks. Thank you for respecting these terms and supporting sustainable freshwater conservation in West Africa.