Ecological consequences of a century of warming in Lake Tanganyika

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5632, 2003, Pages 505-507

  Verburg, Piet ^a   Hecky, Robert E ^a   Kling, Hedy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; ECOLOGY; LAKES;

TROPICAL LAKES;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; VERTICAL MIXING; WARMING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT TRANSFER; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIGHT; MOLLUSCA; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0042867238     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1084846     Document Type: Article

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