Effects of landscape disturbance on animal communities in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa

Article Abstract:

Research presented concerns the effect of human activity on the levels of sediment found in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa, focusing on the impact to aquatic fauna. Topics addressed include habitat quality at different sites, species density and biodiversity for ostracods, fishes, and mollusks, and thresholds of disturbance for these freshwater animals.

Africa, Statistical Data Included, Habitat (Ecology), Human beings, Habitat modification, Human-environment interactions, Mollusks, Ostracoda, Ostracods, Lake sediments, Fishes, Fresh-water, Freshwater fishes, Lake Tanganyika, Lake fauna, Lake animals

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Climate decreased aquatic ecosystem productivity of Lake Tanganyika, Africa

Article Abstract:

The authors discuss the study of the role of climate warming in physical and chemical properties of Lake Tanganyika, Africa. They present the evidence that the climate warming diminishes productivity in this lake.

United States, Belgium, Physiological aspects, Proteins, Marine fauna, Marine animals, Aquatic ecosystems

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Tempests in time

Article Abstract:

The analysis of the prehistoric record of the storms shows that global warming has raised the frequency and the intensity of severe hurricanes tremendously in the past few decades.

Hurricanes

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