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NYATWERE D. MGANGA

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Botany , College Of Natural And Applied Sciences
Education:

BScEd, MSc, PhD (Dar)

Teaching:

Ecology of African Savannah,  Restoration Ecology, Advanced physiology, Applied Plant Physiology, Plant Tissue Culture, Taxonomy of Higher Plants, Metabolic Physiology and Plant Growth,  Introductory Botany, Economic Botany, Ecology I, Plant Physiology and Growth.

Research:

Phytoremediation, Plant Ecology, Forest Biology & Carbon Accounting.

Projects:

1. Investigation on the effect of frequent fires on soils and vegetation in Miombo woodlands of western Tanzania (Funded by Mkwawa University College of Education).

2. Investigation of the composition and diversity of plant species around North Mara Gold Mine (Funded by Mkwawa University College of Education).

Publications:

  1. Moses I. Olotu, Nyatwere D. Mganga and Abeli A. Simbili. 2024. Abundance and diversity of macro-invertebrates in the selected mangrove species along the coast of Mbegani in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania. Bulletin of the National Research Centre 48: 80 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42269-024-01232-z
  2. Elias N. Mussa, Nyatwere D. Mganga and Hamisi D. Nchimbi. 2024. Phytochemical screening of selected medicinal plants of the West Usambara Mountains in Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 25(3): 1120-1131.
  3. Nyatwere D. Mganga and Robin E. Sanga. 2024. The efficacy of selected local pesticides in prevention of leaf damage and improvement of yield in Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis L. (Chinese cabbage). International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology. 16(2): 11-20.
  4. Amelia S. Buriyo, Nyatwere D. Mganga and Mary Melchiory. 2024. The effects of algal blooms on oxygen levels in lakes Babati and Eyasi, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science. 50(1): 36-47.
  5. Nyatwere D. Mganga and Khamis Yusuph. 2022. Aboveground carbon storage in Adansonia digitata L. (Baobab) in Mkanana agroforestry and Mangalisa forest reserve in Mpwapwa District, Tanzania. International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology. 14(4): 21-29.
  6. Nyatwere D. Mganga. 2022. Comparison on Vegetation Composition and Structure in Fire Prone Forest of Ilunde and Fire Suppressed Forest of Kitwe in Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science. 48(2): 294-303.
  7. Nyatwere D. Mganga. 2019. Improvement of students’ course evaluation and teaching tool at Mkwawa University College of Education, in Tanzania. In: Bassey Edem Antia, Peter Mayer and Marc Wilde. Managing Change at Universities. Volume III. wbv Media GmbH & Co. KG, Bielefield. pp 145 – 162.
  8. Nyatwere D. Mganga, Herbert V. Lyaruu and Feetham Banyikwa. 2017. Above-ground carbon stock in a forest subjected to decadal frequent fires in western Tanzania. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences. 10(2): 25-34.
  9. Nyatwere D. Mganga and Herbert V. Lyaruu. 2016. Plant Species Diversity in Western Tanzania: Comparison between Frequently Burnt and Fire Suppressed Forests. International Journal of Pure and Applied Bioscience. 4(3): 28-44.
  10. Nyatwere D. Mganga. 2016. Investigation of the Desirable Predictor Variable in Accounting Above-Ground Carbon for Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax. (Kudu- Berry). International Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry. 3(1): 49-56.
  11. Nyatwere D. Mganga and Herbert V. Lyaruu. 2015. Applicability of Satellite Remote Sensing in Accounting Above-Ground Carbon in Miombo Woodlands. International Journal of Advanced Remote Sensing and GIS. 4(1): 1334-1343.
  12. Nyatwere Mganga, Herbert V. Lyaruu, Feetham F. Banyikwa. 2015. "The Density of Carbon in Miombo Woodlands Subjected to Different Fire Frequency," Phytotechnologies for Sustainable Development: 12th International Phytotechnologies Conference Abstract Book, Abstract P53. Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A. September 27-30, 2015.
  13. Nyatwere D. Mganga, Herbert V. Lyaruu, Feetham F. Banyikwa. 2015. Above-Ground Carbon Allometric Models for Diplorhynchus Condylocarpon (Müll. Arg.) Pichon., A Common Miombo Woodland Associate. Researchjournali’s Journal of Forestry. 2(3): 1-11.
  14. Nyatwere D. Mganga, Herbert V. Lyaruu, Feetham F. Banyikwa. 2015. Spatio-Temporal Scorched Land and Resultant Sequestered Soil Organic Carbon Selected Miombo Woodlands of Western Tanzania. International Journal of Ecosystems and Ecology Sciences. 5 (1): 107- 114.
  15. Nyatwere D. Mganga. 2014. The Potential of Bioaccumulation and Translocation of Heavy Metals in Plant Species Growing around the Tailing Dam in Tanzania. International Journal of Science and Technology. 3(10): 690-697.
  16. Nyatwere D. Mganga, Mkabwa L.K. Manoko, Zachariah K. Rulangaranga. 2012. Variations in Floristic Diversity with Distance around North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania. International Journal of Integrative Biology. 13(1): 40-44.
  17. Nyatwere Mganga, Mkabwa L.K. Manoko and Zachariah K. Rulangaranga. 2012. Distribution Patterns of Plant Species around North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania. International Journal of AgriScience. 2(4): 302-312.
  18. Nyatwere Mganga, Mkabwa L.K. Manoko and Zachariah K. Rulangaranga. 2011.    Classification of Plants According to their Heavy Metal Content around North Mara Gold Mine, Tanzania: Implication for Phytoremediation. Tanzania Journal of Science. 37: 109- 119.