Late pleistocene desiccation of Lake Victoria and rapid evolution of cichlid fishes

Science

Volumn 273, Issue 5278, 1996, Pages 1091-1093

  Johnson, Thomas C ^a   Scholz, Christopher A ^b   Talbot, Michael R ^c   Kelts, Kerry ^d   Ricketts, R D ^a   Ngobi, Gideon ^d   Beuning, Kristina ^d   Ssemmanda, Immacculate ^e   McGill, J W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f Embangweni Hospital   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FISH; GEOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VERTEBRATE;

CICHLIDAE; PISCES; VERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

CICHLID; DESICCATION; ENDEMIC FISH; FISH EVOLUTION; LAKE; LAKE LIMNOLOGY; LIMNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE (LATE); SPECIATION;

AFRICA, LAKE VICTORIA;

EID: 0029660644     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5278.1091     Document Type: Article

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21. We thank P. Cattaneo, J. Lapuken, D. Verschuren, T. Holst, T. Laerdal, H. Malinga, A. Byakagaba, and the captain and crew of the R.V. Ibis tor their able assistance on Lake Victoria. L. Kaufman and A. Meyer reviewed earlier drafts of the manuscript. The Fisheries Research Institute of Jinja, Uganda, provided logistical support and access to the R.V. Ibis. We appreciate permission granted by the governments of Uganda and Tanzania to undertake this research. Financial support was provided to IDEAL by NSF and the Norwegian Research Council.