A 5500-year environmental history of Lake Nabugabo, Uganda

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 218, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 347-354

  Stager, J Curt ^a,b   Westwood, J ^b   Grzesik, D ^b   Cumming, B F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b PAUL SMITH S COLLEGE   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Cichlids; Diatoms; Lake Nabugabo; Lake Victoria; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; DIATOM; DROUGHT; HOLOCENE; LAKE DYNAMICS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LAKE NABUGABO; SOUTH BUGANDA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CICHLIDAE; PISCES; VICTORIA;

EID: 14744273539     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.12.025     Document Type: Article

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