Effects of land-use change on aquatic biodiversity: A view from the paleorecord at Lake Tanganyika, East Africa

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1143-1146

  Alin, Simone R ^a   O'Reilly, Catherine M ^a   Cohen, Andrew S ^a   Dettman, David L ^a   Palacios Fest, Manuel R ^b   McKee, Brent A ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Terra Nostra Earth Sciences Research   (United States)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Lake Tanganyika; Land use; Paleoecology; Sedimentation rates; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES;

DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; EROSION; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; NITROGEN; WATERSHEDS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0036969030     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1143:EOLUCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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