A 140-year record of recent changes in aquatic productivity in a remote, tropical alpine lake in the Rwenzori Mountain National Park, Uganda

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 325-338

  Panizzo, V N ^a   MacKay, A W ^a   Ssemmanda, I ^b   Taylor, R ^a   Rose, N ^a   Leng, M J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diatoms; East Africa; Organic carbon isotopes; Pollen; Recent environmental change; Rwenzori Mountains

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CORE ANALYSIS; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LEAD ISOTOPE; NATIONAL PARK; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POLLEN; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; RWENZORI MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WEST AFRICA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

ACHNANTHES MINUTISSIMA; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; FRAGILARIA; FRAGILARIA PINNATA; SYNEDRA; TABELLARIA FLOCCULOSA;

EID: 46249111674     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9163-5     Document Type: Article

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