Citations:Lake Ossa


 * 2021, Nalova Akua, The invasive weed that travelled the world, (30 March 2021);
 * A flock of water birds scavenges for insects on the dense, leafy weed that covers much of Lake Ossa, one of Cameroon's largest lakes. The water weed is so closely packed that it looks like wide, flat green pasture, and the sure-footed birds pick their way freely across it as if they were walking on land.


 * Five years ago, Lake Ossa was teeming with freshwater turtles, crocodiles and more than 18 families of fish. It was also a bastion of the African manatee, a species listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List. But today, the lake is eerily quiet and almost empty.