Seasonal variations of epilithic diatom communities in the northern basin of Lake Tanganyika

Systematics and Geography of Plants

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 265-273

  Cocquyt, Christine ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Epilithon; Lake Tanganyika; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYMBELLA; ENCYONEMA MINUTUM; EPILITHON; GOMPHONITZSCHIA;

EID: 0039135990     PISSN: 03039153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3668547     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Caljon A.G. (1987a) Phytoplankton of a recently landlocked brackish-water lagoon of Lake Tanganyika: a systematic account. Hydrobiol. 153:31-54.
2. Caljon A.G. (1987b) A recently landlocked brackish-water lagoon of Lake Tanganyika: physical and chemical characteristics, and spatio-temporal distribution of phytoplankton. Hydrobiol. 153: 55-70.
3. Caljon A.G. (1992) Water quality in the Bay of Bujumbura (Lake Tanganyika) and its influence on phytoplankton composition. Mitt. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 23: 55-65.
4. Cocquyt C. (1998) Diatoms from the northern basin of Lake Tanganyika. Bibl. Diat. 39: 1-276.
5. Cocquyt C. (1999) Seasonal dynamics of diatoms in the littoral zone of Lake Tanganyika, Northen Basin. Algological Studies 92: 73-85.
6. Cocquyt C., Caljon A. & Vyverman W. (1991) Seasonal and spatial aspects of phytoplankton along the north-eastern coast of Lake Tanganyika. Annls Limnol. 27: 215-225.
7. Gasse F. (1986) East African diatoms. Taxonomy, ecological distribution. Bibl. Diat. 11: 1-202
8. Hecky R.E., Fee E.J. & Kling H. (1978) Studies on the planktonic ecology of Lake Tanganyika. Fisheries & Marine Service Techn. Rep. 816: 51 pp.
9. Hill M.O. (1979) TWINSPAN - A FORTRAN program for arranging multivariate data in an ordered two-way table by classification of individuals and attributes. New York, Cornell.
10. Jongman R.H.G., Ter Braak C.J.F. & Van Tongeren O.F.R. (1987) Data analysis in community and landscape ecology. Wageningen, Pudoc.
11. Mpawenayo, B. (1985) La flore diatonique des rivières de la plaine delà Rusizi au Burundi. Bull. Soc. roy. Bot. Belg. 118: 141-156.
12. Mpawenayo, B. (1995) Les eaux de la plaine de la Rusizi (Burundi): Le milieu, la flore et la végétation algales. Classe de Sciences naturelles et médicinales. Mémoire 23(2). Bruxelles, Académie royale des sciences d'outre-mer.
13. Schrader H.J. (1974) Proposal for a standardized method of cleaning diatom bearing deep sea and land exposed marine sediments. Nova Hedwigia Beihefte 45: 403-409.
14. Tailing J.F. (1986): The seasonality of phytoplankton in African lakes. Hydrobiol. 138: 139-160.
15. Vandelannoote A., Robbrecht H., Deelstra H., Vyumvuhore F., Bitetera L. & Ollevier F. (1996a) The impact of the river Ntahangwa, the most polluted Burundian affluent of Lake Tanganyika, on the quality of the lake. Hydrobiol. 328: 161-171.
16. Vandelannoote A., Wilondja K., Musanisoni C., Deelstra H. & Ollevier F. (1996b) Seasonal and spatial variation of physical, chemical and phytoplankton characteristics of a small bay of Lake Tanganyika. Centre régional de recherche en hydrobiologie appliquée. Rapport Final, annexe 7: 22 pp.