Microorganisms of the East African Great Lakes and their response to environmental changes

15 pages, 4 figures

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Main Authors: Descy, Jean-Pierre, Sarmento, Hugo
Format: artículo biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Freshwater Biological Association 2008-03
Subjects:Phytoplankton, Tropical lakes, Microbial food web, Community changes, Tanganyika, Malawi, Kivu, Victoria, Edward, Albert,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/19193
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spelling dig-icm-es-10261-191932020-11-19T07:22:22Z Microorganisms of the East African Great Lakes and their response to environmental changes Descy, Jean-Pierre Sarmento, Hugo Phytoplankton Tropical lakes Microbial food web Community changes Tanganyika Malawi Kivu, Victoria Edward, Albert 15 pages, 4 figures 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 fodd web. Recent studies in some great lakes,as well 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 Were supported by different Belgian Institutions: For Lake Tanganyika, by the Belgian Science Policy Office (projects CLIMLAKE and CLIMFISH) FNRS( Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique ) and the Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC); For lake Kivu, the University of Namur and CUD (Commission Univeritaire pour le Développement) which financed the ECOSYKI project, provided the main support. Several students from the Laboratory of Freshwater ecology benefited from fellowships from FRIA (Fonds pour la formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'agriculture) FNRS,BTC,IFS (International Foundations for Science) SIL (International S. of Limnology) King Léopold III Fund for Nature Exploration and Conservation and Foundation to Promote Scientific REsearch in Africa We are also indebted to the DOF of Mpulungu, Zambia, to the Tanzanian Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI) Unité d'Enseignement et Recherche Hydrobiologie Appliquée (UERHA) of the Institut Supériur Pédagogique (SP), DR. of Congo Peer reviewed 2009-12-01T10:19:38Z 2009-12-01T10:19:38Z 2008-03 artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 Freshwater reviews : a journal of the Freshwater Biological Association 1(1): 59-73 (2008) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/19193 10.1608/FRJ-1.1.4 en https://doi.org/10.1608/FRJ-1.1.4 none 22195 bytes application/pdf Freshwater Biological Association
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topic Phytoplankton
Tropical lakes
Microbial food web
Community changes
Tanganyika
Malawi
Kivu, Victoria
Edward, Albert
Phytoplankton
Tropical lakes
Microbial food web
Community changes
Tanganyika
Malawi
Kivu, Victoria
Edward, Albert
spellingShingle Phytoplankton
Tropical lakes
Microbial food web
Community changes
Tanganyika
Malawi
Kivu, Victoria
Edward, Albert
Phytoplankton
Tropical lakes
Microbial food web
Community changes
Tanganyika
Malawi
Kivu, Victoria
Edward, Albert
Descy, Jean-Pierre
Sarmento, Hugo
Microorganisms of the East African Great Lakes and their response to environmental changes
description 15 pages, 4 figures
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Tropical lakes
Microbial food web
Community changes
Tanganyika
Malawi
Kivu, Victoria
Edward, Albert
author Descy, Jean-Pierre
Sarmento, Hugo
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Sarmento, Hugo
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title Microorganisms of the East African Great Lakes and their response to environmental changes
title_short Microorganisms of the East African Great Lakes and their response to environmental changes
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title_fullStr Microorganisms of the East African Great Lakes and their response to environmental changes
title_full_unstemmed Microorganisms of the East African Great Lakes and their response to environmental changes
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