Influence of climate change on algal community structure and primary productivity of Lake Malawi (East Africa) from the Last Glacial Maximum to present

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 6 PART 2, 2009, Pages 2431-2447

  Castañeda, Isla S ^a,b,c,d   Werne, Josef P ^a,c   Johnsona, Thomas C ^a,c  

^a Large Lakes Observatory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 78649578011     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.6_part_2.2431     Document Type: Article

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