Temporal dynamics of invertebrate community assembly in Lake Victoria since the late Pleistocene based on chitinous remains

L King, C Courtney‐Mustaphi… - Freshwater …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Preserved assemblages of invertebrate remains in lacustrine sediment reveal temporal
variations of community composition and environmental conditions. However, records for …

Sustainability and the value of the 'regulating'services: Wetlands and water quality in Lake Victoria

S Simonit, C Perrings - Ecological Economics, 2011 - Elsevier
The regulating services provided by ecosystems are amongst the most important for the
sustainability of resource use, and yet they are also amongst the least understood. This …

The influence of a semi-arid sub-catchment on suspended sediments in the Mara River, Kenya

CL Dutton, AL Subalusky, SC Anisfeld, L Njoroge… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The Mara River Basin in East Africa is a trans-boundary basin of international significance
experiencing excessive levels of sediment loads. Sediment levels in this river are extremely …

Nutrient concentrations in Nyanza Gulf, Lake Victoria, Kenya: light limits algal demand and abundance

P Gikuma-Njuru, RE Hecky - Hydrobiologia, 2005 - Springer
Nyanza Gulf is a large shallow embayment connected to Lake Victoria by the deep narrow
Rusinga Channel. Between December 2000 and May 2002 the gradient of nutrients along …

A review of allodiversity in Lake Naivasha, Kenya: Developing conservation actions to protect East African lakes from the negative impacts of alien species

F Gherardi, JR Britton, KM Mavuti, N Pacini, J Grey… - Biological …, 2011 - Elsevier
The biodiversity of developing countries is increasingly threatened by introductions of
invasive alien species. This study on the allodiversity in Lake Naivasha, Kenya reviews the …

Fire and human record at Lake Victoria, East Africa, during the Early Iron Age: Did humans or climate cause massive ecosystem changes?

D Battistel, E Argiriadis, N Kehrwald… - The …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Organic molecular markers determined in a sediment core (V95-1A-1P) from Lake Victoria
(East Africa) were used to reconstruct the history of human impact and regional fire activity …

Spatial profiles of perfluoroalkyl substances and mercury in fish from northern Lake Victoria, East Africa

K Arinaitwe, A Koch, A Taabu-Munyaho, K Marien… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
There is an acute deficit of data on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and mercury
(Hg) in the open waters of Lake Victoria, East Africa, relative to nearshore areas. We …

[HTML][HTML] Latest Pleistocene and Holocene primary producer communities and hydroclimate in Lake Victoria, eastern Africa

G Wienhues, A Lami, S Bernasconi, M Jaggi… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lake Victoria ecosystem is emblematic of the catastrophic effects that human
activities, particularly cultural eutrophication, can have on freshwater biodiversity. However …

Spatio‐temporal trends of nutrients and physico‐chemical parameters on Lake Ecosystem and fisheries prior to onset of cage farming and re‐opening of the Mbita …

J Mwamburi, G Basweti, M Owili… - Lakes & Reservoirs …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Many large lake ecosystems are experiencing increasing eutrophication and persistent
cyanobacteria‐dominated algal blooms affecting their water quality and ecosystem …

Drivers of ecosystem change and their impacts on human well‐being in Lake Victoria basin

EO Odada, WO Ochola, DO Olago - African Journal of Ecology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
To offer an increased understanding of the spatial patterns, temporal, social and physical
predictors of the conversion and transformations of land use in Lake Victoria basin, an …