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Name
Dr. Olivia John Kalokora

Academic Rank
Lecturer

Department
Biological Sciences

Biography

Biography

Dr. Olivia John Kalokora is a lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences within the Faculty of Science. He holds a PhD in Botany and specializes in marine Ecophysiology. She completed both her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Dar es Salaam. Dr. Kalokora teaches undergraduate courses including Plant Physiology and Plant Evolution as well as postgraduate courses namely Environmental Pollution and Environmental Education. Her research interests and scholarly work focus on The impact of climate change in marine ecosystem, Marine Ecosystem Protection and Conservation, Marine Ecosystem Functioning and Services and Ethnobotany.  

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olivia.kalokora@duce.ac.tz

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Research Interest

Research Interest
Marine Ecosystem Protection and Conservation, Marine Ecophysiology, Climate change, Marine Ecosystem Functioning and Services and Ethnobotany

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Projects

Projects

  1. Seagrass calcareous algae interactive effect on marine ecosystem productivity and sediment Carbon storage in Chwaka bay, Zanzibar   

  2. Influence of community driven long-term changes in seawater pH and its effect on Macro-algae Calcification in Chwaka bay Zanzibar   . 

  3. Assessment of organic carbon stocks in seagrass meadows in Chwaka Bay, Zanzibar. 

  4. An Investigation of the Impact of Waste Disposal on Seagrass Productivity and Carbon Storage along Dar es salaam Coast: An Implication for Coastal Management and Conservation.

  5. Ethnobotanical, Phytochemical and toxicity study of medicinal plants used for COVID-19 management in Kagera region, Tanzania

Publications

Publications

  1. Kacholi, D. S., Kalokora, O. J., Amir, H. M., & Mogha, N. G. (2023). Ethnogynaecological medicinal plants used by Tanzanian communities against female infertility and menstrual disorders–A comprehensive review. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 26, 1-25.

  2. Mogha, N. G., Kalokora, O. J., Amir, H. M., & Kacholi, D. S. (2022). Ethnomedicinal plants used for treatment of snakebites in Tanzania–a systematic review. Pharmaceutical Biology, 60(1), 1925-1934. https://doi.org/10.1080/13880209.2022.2123942.   

  3. Kalokora, O. J., Gullström, M., Buriyo, A. S., Mtolera, M. S., & Björk, M. (2022). Seagrass meadows mixed with calcareous algae have higher plant productivity and sedimentary blue carbon storage. Ecology and evolution, 12(2), e8579.     

  4. Kalokora, O. J., Buriyo, A. S., Asplund, M. E., Gullström, M., Mtolera, M. S., & Björk, M. (2020). An experimental assessment of algal calcification as a potential source of atmospheric CO2. PloS one, 15(4), e0231971.
  5. John, O., Tibazarwa, F. I., & Buriyo, A. S. (2016). The Effect of Temperature on Leaf and Rhizome Growth Rates in the Seagrass Halophila Ovalis (R. Brown) Hooker f. Huria: Journal of the Open University of Tanzania, 23(1), 20-31.