Palaeolimnological evidence of environmental change over the last 400 years in the Rwenzori Mountains of Uganda

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 648, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-122

  McGlynn, Gayle ^a,b   Mackay, Anson W ^a   Rose, Neil L ^a   Taylor, Richard G ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^c   Engstrom, Daniel R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatoms; East Africa; Organic carbon; Palaeolimnology; Rwenzori Mountains

Indexed keywords

ALPINE AREAS; ASSEMBLAGE COMPOSITION; C/N RATIO; DIATOM FLORA; DIATOMS; EAST AFRICA; ECOLOGICAL CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LINK DRIVERS; LOW ALTITUDES; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SEDIMENT CORE; STABILISATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; LEAD; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE; TROPICAL REGION;

RWENZORI MOUNTAINS; UGANDA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; STAUROSIRA CONSTRUENS;

EID: 77952010486     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0144-8     Document Type: Article

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