Limnology, Climatology and Paleoclimatology of the East African LakesCRC Press, 1.10.1996 - 456 sivua IDEAL, the International Decade for East African Lakes, is a ten-year multi-national, multi-disciplinary investigation of the biological, geological, chemical, and physical limnology of the East African Lakes, taking into special account the Great Lakes of the East African Rift Valley and the climatology and paleoclimatology of the Rift Valley itself. The selected papers in this book serve as baseline knowledge for this intensive examination, with most of the contributing authors already actively researching these lakes. The oldest in the world and the largest on the continent, the lakes are vital resources for the indigenous populations of their basins. They are unique not only in their diverse populations of endemic species of fish and invertebrates, but in their sensitivity to climatic change, unusual circulation dynamics and water-column chemistry in relation to higher altitudes, and continuous record of climatic change in tropical Africa. This volume provides an overview of our current knowledge of the lakes combined with the most recent results of specific research efforts by African, American, and European investigators. Included also are some discussions on the impact of man, as well as comprehensive bibliographies. |
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A Review of Climate Dynamics and Climate Variability in Eastern Africa | 25 |
Sensitivity of Subtropical African and Asian Climate to Prescribed Boundary | 57 |
Isotope Patterns of Precipitation in the East African Region | 79 |
African River Discharges and Lake Levels in the Twentieth Century | 95 |
The Present Physicochemical Ecology of Lake Victoria Uganda | 135 |
Measurement of Water Currents Temperature Dissolved Oxygen | 155 |
CTDTransmissometer Profiles from Lakes Malawi and Turkana | 169 |
Combined Effects of Dissolved Solids and Temperature on the Density | 183 |
Characteristics and Origins of Laminated Ferromanganese Nodules from | 410 |
Comparison of the Isotope Record in Micrite Lake Turkana with | 431 |
Early Holocene Changes in Lake Level and Productivity in Lake Malawi | 475 |
Late Quaternary LakeLevel Changes of Lake Malawi | 495 |
Structural Framework Sequence Stratigraphy and Lake Level Variations | 509 |
Recent Ecosystem Changes in Lake Victoria Reflected in Sedimentary | 523 |
The Formation of VivianiteRich Nodules in Lake Victoria | 543 |
Late Pleistocene LakeLevel Fluctuations in the Naivasha Basin Kenya | 549 |
Plumbing | 205 |
Lake Turkana Kenya | 225 |
Seasonal Variation in the Nitrogen Isotopic Composition of Sediment | 241 |
Residence Times of Major Ions in Lake Naivasha Kenya and Their | 267 |
Pelagic Food Webs of the East African Great Lakes | 281 |
Molecular Phylogenetic Inferences About the Evolutionary History | 303 |
Anthropogenic Impact on Fisheries Resources of Lake Naivasha | 325 |
A Review of Lake Victoria Fisheries with Recommendations | 357 |
Comparative Paleolimnology in a System of Four Shallow | 559 |
Anthropogenic Threats Impacts and Conservation Strategies in | 575 |
Anthropogenic Perturbations on the Lake Victoria Ecosystem | 625 |
Growing Impact of Water Hyacinth on Nearshore Environments | 633 |
Preliminary Studies on the Effects of Water Hyacinth on the Diversity | 643 |
An Historical Sketch | 659 |
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