Keywords:
Limnology-Africa, East-Congresses.
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Lake ecology-Africa, East-Congresses.
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Paleoclimatology-Africa, East-Congresses.
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Lakes-Africa, East-Congresses.
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Africa, East-Climate-Congresses.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
The large lakes of the East African Rift Valley are among the oldest on Earth, and are vital resources for the people of their basins. They are unique and a comprehensive study of the large African lakes is long overdue.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (679 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781351435321
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5850659
DDC:
551.4/82/09676
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Tectonic Setting of the East African Lakes -- Tectonic Controls on the Development of Rift-Basin Lakes and Their Sedimentary Character: Examples from the East African Rift System -- East African Climate -- A Review of Climate Dynamics and Climate Variability in Eastern Africa -- Sensitivity of Subtropical African and Asian Climate to Prescribed Boundary Condition Changes: Model Implications for the Plio-Pleistocene Evolution of Low-Latitude Climate -- Isotope Patterns of Precipitation in the East African Region -- African River Discharges and Lake Levels in the Twentieth Century -- Physical Limnology -- Comparison of Hydrology and Physical Limnology of the East African Great Lakes: Tanganyika, Malawi, Victoria, Kivu and Turkana (with Reference to Some North American Great Lakes) -- The Present Physicochemical Ecology of Lake Victoria, Uganda -- Measurement of Water Currents, Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen and Winds on the Kenyan Lake Victoria -- CTD-Transmissometer Profiles from Lakes Malawi and Turkana -- Combined Effects of Dissolved Solids and Temperature on the Density Stratification of Lake Malawi -- Aquatic Chemistry -- Phosphorus Pumps, Nitrogen Sinks and Silicon Drains: Plumbing Nutrients in the African Great Lakes -- Pore Water Chemistry of an Alkaline Lake: Lake Turkana, Kenya -- Seasonal Variation in the Nitrogen Isotopic Composition of Sediment Trap Materials Collected in Lake Malawi -- The Chemical Composition of Precipitation and Its Significance to the Nutrient Budget of Lake Malawi -- Residence Times of Major Ions in Lake Naivasha, Kenya, and Their Relationship to Lake Hydrology -- Food Webs and Fisheries -- Pelagic Food Webs of the East African Great Lakes.
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Molecular Phylogenetic Inferences About the Evolutionary History of East African Cichlid Fish Radiations -- Anthropogenic Impact on Fisheries Resources of Lake Naivasha -- Zooplankton Dynamics in Lake Victoria -- A Review of Lake Victoria Fisheries with Recommendations for Management and Conservation -- Sedimentary Processes and Deciphering the Past in the Large Lakes -- Sedimentary Processes and Signals of Past Climatic Change in the Large Lakes of the East African Rift Valley -- Some Aspects of the Physical and Chemical Dynamics of a Large Rift Lake: The Lake Turkana North Basin, Northwest Kenya -- Comparison of the Isotope Record in Micrite, Lake Turkana, with the Historical Weather Record Over the Last Century -- Distribution and Origin of Clay Minerals in the Sediments of Lake Malawi -- Characteristics and Origins of Laminated Ferromanganese Nodules from Lake Malawi, Central Africa -- Early Holocene Changes in Lake Level and Productivity in Lake Malawi as Interpreted from Oxygen and Carbon Isotopic Measurements of Authigenic Carbonates -- Late Quaternary Lake-Level Changes of Lake Malawi -- Structural Framework, Sequence Stratigraphy and Lake Level Variations in the Livingstone Basin (Northern Lake Malawi): First Results of a High-Resolution Reflection Seismic Study -- Recent Ecosystem Changes in Lake Victoria Reflected in Sedimentary Natural and Anthropogenic Organic Compounds -- The Formation of Vivianite-Rich Nodules in Lake Victoria -- Late Pleistocene Lake-Level Fluctuations in the Naivasha Basin, Kenya -- Comparative Paleolimnology in a System of Four Shallow Tropical Lake Basins -- Impact of Man -- Anthropogenic Threats, Impacts and Conservation Strategies in the African Great Lakes: A Review -- Anthropogenic Perturbations on the Lake Victoria Ecosystem.
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Growing Impact of Water Hyacinth on Nearshore Environments on Lakes Victoria and Kyoga (East Africa) -- Preliminary Studies on the Effects of Water Hyacinth on the Diversity, Abundance and Ecology of the Littoral Fish Fauna in Lake Victoria, Uganda -- Historical Note -- Early Research on East African Lakes: An Historical Sketch.
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