Calibration and Interpretation of Holocene Paleoecological Records of Diversity from Lake Tanganyika, East Africa

Calibration and Interpretation of Holocene Paleoecological Records of Diversity from Lake Tanganyika, East Africa

Lake Tanganyika is a complex, tropical ecosystem in East Africa, harboring an estimated 2,100 species. Extensive watershed deforestation threatens the biodiversity and ecological integrity of the lake. In this dissertation, ecological and paleoecological methods were employed to study the distributi...

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Main Author: Alin, Simone Rebecca
Other Authors: Cohen, Andrew
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 2001
Subjects:
Africa
Arthropoda
assemblages
biodiversity
Cenozoic
Chordata
cores
Crustacea
deforestation
East Africa
East African Lakes
ecology
ecosystems
Gombe Stream National Park
habitat
Holocene
human activity
interpretation
Invertebrata
lake sediments
Lake Tanganyika
land use
Mandibulata
Mollusca
Ostracoda
paleoecology
patterns
Pisces
preservation
Quaternary
sedimentation rates
Tanzania
thanatocenoses
tropical environment
Vertebrata
watersheds
Geosciences
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/231412

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