Descy, J.-P. and Sarmento, H. (2008) Microorganisms of the East African Great Lakes and their response to environmental changes. Freshwater Reviews, 1(1), pp. 59-73. 10.1608/FRJ-1.1.4
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Abstract
We have reviewed the phytoplankton composition and succession in the East African Great Lakes, their response to environmental changes, and the communities of microorganisms of the microbial food web. Recent studies in some great lakes, as well as progress in understanding phytoplankton succession and response to environmental factors, enable us to update knowledge of the phytoplankton ecology of these lakes. In particular, we present information indicating that phytoplankton composition in lakes Tanganyika and Kivu may reflect recent changes as a result of global warming or species introduction. We also stress the importance of microbes (at the base of the food web) in these systems and suggest that the microbial food web, which has been mostly overlooked until recently, may play a very large role in determining productivity and nutrient cycling in these large lakes.
| Item Type: | Article | ||||||
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| Title: | Microorganisms of the East African Great Lakes and their response to environmental changes | ||||||
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| Refereed: | Yes | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Freshwater Reviews | ||||||
| Volume: | 1 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 59-73 | ||||||
| Date: | 2008 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1755-084X | ||||||
| Issuing Agency: | Freshwater Biological Association | ||||||
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Biogeochemical cycle; Environmental conditions; Food webs; Global warming; Introduced species; Nutrient cycles; Phylogeny; Phytoplankton; Population dynamics; Tropical lakes; East Africa; Lake Kivu; Lake Tanganyika | ||||||
| Subjects: | Biology Ecology Environment Limnology | ||||||
| Item ID: | 5332 | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Mrs Christine Davey | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2011 14:08 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 29 Sep 2011 17:04 | ||||||
| URI: | http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/5332 |
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