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East African Great Lakes Limnology, Palaeolimnology and Biodiversity

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ISBN-10: 1402007728

ISBN-13: 9781402007729

Edition: 2002

Authors: Eric O. Odada, Daniel O. Olago

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This volume contains original research papers presented during the Second International Symposium on the Limnology, Climatology, Palaeoclimatology, and Biodiversity of the African Great Lakes, organized by the International Decade for the East African Lakes (IDEAL). The book provides a comprehensive coverage of the large lakes of the African Rift System, touching on climate, limnology, palaeoclimatology, sedimentation processes, biodiversity, and management issues of these lakes. The papers contained in this book have significantly advanced our understanding of natural and anthropogenic processes operating in the African Great Lakes, their temporal and spatial variability, their rates of…    
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Book details

List price: $219.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 7/31/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 587
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.46" tall
Weight: 4.972
Language: English

Introduction
Acknowledgements
Geological and Structural Setting of the East African Lakes
A 300 Million Years History of Rift Lakes in Central and East Africa: An Updated Broad Review
Climate Dynamics and Climate Variability in the East African Lakes Region
Extreme Rainfall Events and Lake Level Changes in East Africa: Recent Events and Historical Precedents
Mesoscale Patterns of Rainfall, Cloudiness and Evaporation Over the Great Lakes of East Africa
Observations, Evaporation and Preliminary Modelling of Over-Lake Meteorology on Large African Lakes
Development of a Coupled Regional Climate Simulation Model for the Lake Victoria Basin
Hydrology and Physical Limnology
A Modelling Approach for Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: Integrating Hydrological and Limnological Data
Ventilation of Lake Malawi/Nyasa
Application of Satellite AVHRR to Water Balance, Mixing Dynamics, and the Chemistry of Lake Edward, East Africa
Lake-Groundwater Relationships, Oxygen Isotope Balance and Climate Sensitivity of the Bishoftu Crater Lakes, Ethiopia
A Review of Sediment Gas Cycling in Lakes with reference to Lake Victoria and Sediment Gas Measurements in Lake Tanganyika
Biodiversity, Food Webs and Fisheries
Redundancy and Ecosystem Stability in the Fluctuating Environments of Long-Lived Lakes
Invasion of Lake Victoria by the Large Bodied Herbivorous Cladoceran Daphnia Magna
Effects of Climate and Human Activities on the Ecosystem of Lake Baringo, Kenya
Limnological Profiles and their Variability in Lake Tanganyika
Sedimentary Processes, Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironment
Sedimentology and Geochronology of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Sediments from Northern Lake Malawi
A 24,000 yr Diatom Record from the Northern Basin of Lake Malawi
Lake Tanganyika Holocene Record on Variability in Precipitation in the Malagarasi Catchment Basin
Late Quaternary Sedimentation and Climate in the Lakes Edward and George Area, Uganda-Congo
Pigment Analysis of Short Cores from the Central Ethiopian Rift Valley Lakes
Origin and Isotopic Composition of Aragonite Laminae in an Ethiopian Crater Lake
Vegetation Changes and their Climatic Implications for the Lake Victoria Region during the Late Holocene
Organic Content and X-ray Density of Lacustrine Sediments from Hausberg Tarn, Mount Kenya
Human Dimensions: Impacts and Management
Restoring and Protecting the African Great Lake Basin Ecosystems - Lessons from the North American Great Lakes and the GEF
Geological Hazards and Anthropogenic Impacts on the Environment in Malawi: Lesson from a Case Study of Debris Flows in Zomba
The Human Dimensions Studies on the East African Lake Regions: A Review