Climate change decreases aquatic ecosystem productivity of Lake Tanganyika, Africa

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6950, 2003, Pages 766-768

  O'Reilly, Catherine M ^a,e   Alin, Simone R ^a,f   Piisnier, Pierre Denis ^b,c   Cohen, Andrew S ^a   McKee, Brent A ^d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; LAKES; PROTEINS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

NUTRIENTS;

GLOBAL WARMING;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKE DYNAMICS; PRODUCTIVITY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

AFRICA;

ANIMALIA;

CARBON; FRESH WATER;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041967146     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01833     Document Type: Article

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