The Ndop wetland, like other wetlands constitutes a vital ecosystem necessary for the subsistence of life at all forms. They host considerable biological diversity including endemic species, making them fall among the most productive life supporting systems in the world (WWF, 1999). This wetland ecosystem is the most widely utilized plain in the North West Region of Cameroon. The main staple crops grown in the area are Zea mays (maize), Oryza sativa (rice) and Phaseolus vulgaris (beans). It is for this reason that the Upper Nun Valley Development Authority (UNVDA) was instituted in the region in 1970 as the main custodian of the wetland ecosystem (UNVDA, 1982). The natural hydrological regime of the wetland has resulted to the occurrence of many floodplain lakes, which are supplied with water from their own catchment area. According to Junk et al. (1989) and Moss and Balls (1989), flood pulses are a very important environmental parameter in floodplain lakes, and these pulses determine the abundance and species composition of the biota.