Introduction to African Lake

What is/are African Lake?

African Lake - Tectonic setting of the East African lakes East African climate physical limnology aquatic chemistry food webs and fisheries sedimentary processes and desciphering the past in large lakes impact of man historical note. ^[1] An overview of the diatom research in the DR Congo is given based on literature data starting in 1938 with the work of Zanon and excluding the East African Lakes as these were already discussed in previous papers. ^[2] In addition, we found that the consumption of fish from East African lakes is difficult to detect isotopically due to the combined effects of high nitrogen isotopic ratios of plants and the low nitrogen isotopic ratios of fish. ^[3] The global shift to more arid conditions regionally translated into the lowering of the Mediterranean Sea level, the desiccation of some major eastern African lakes and the expansion of the Sahara. ^[4] The relative abundance and distribution of bacterial branched GMGTs (brGMGTs) in surface sediments from a set of East African lakes were studied. ^[5] Quantitative ecological monitoring of African lakes is needed to understand growing human pressures on ecosystems. ^[6] Here, we characterized the gut microbiota of the Amphilophus species complex from Central America (known as the Midas cichlid complex), encompassing 158 wild specimens (13 species) collected from seven Nicaraguan lakes, and combined these data with previously published data from two African lakes (spanning 29 species). ^[7] BackgroundCichlids are a prime model system in evolutionary research and several of the most prominent examples of adaptive radiations are found in the East African Lakes Tanganyika, Malawi and Victoria, all part of the East African cichlid radiation (EAR). ^[8] Seasonal temperature variation clearly impacted the methylation degree of C6-methylated brGDGTs (MBT′6ME) but had no influence on C5-methylated brGDGTs (MBT′5ME), as opposed to the dependence of MBT′5ME on temperature in global soils, peatlands and African lakes. ^[9] In contrast, we observe fairly deep divergence among the East African lakes with almost every lake possessing its unique clade. ^[10] shows a mosaic set of characters bearing many similarities to the almost pan-African Oreochromis and the East African lake-endemic Alcolapia. ^[11] The adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes in East African Lake Malawi encompasses over 500 species that are believed to have evolved within the last 800,000 years from a common founder population. ^[12]

East African Lake

Tectonic setting of the East African lakes East African climate physical limnology aquatic chemistry food webs and fisheries sedimentary processes and desciphering the past in large lakes impact of man historical note. ^[1] An overview of the diatom research in the DR Congo is given based on literature data starting in 1938 with the work of Zanon and excluding the East African Lakes as these were already discussed in previous papers. ^[2] In addition, we found that the consumption of fish from East African lakes is difficult to detect isotopically due to the combined effects of high nitrogen isotopic ratios of plants and the low nitrogen isotopic ratios of fish. ^[3] The relative abundance and distribution of bacterial branched GMGTs (brGMGTs) in surface sediments from a set of East African lakes were studied. ^[4] BackgroundCichlids are a prime model system in evolutionary research and several of the most prominent examples of adaptive radiations are found in the East African Lakes Tanganyika, Malawi and Victoria, all part of the East African cichlid radiation (EAR). ^[5] In contrast, we observe fairly deep divergence among the East African lakes with almost every lake possessing its unique clade. ^[6] shows a mosaic set of characters bearing many similarities to the almost pan-African Oreochromis and the East African lake-endemic Alcolapia. ^[7] The adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes in East African Lake Malawi encompasses over 500 species that are believed to have evolved within the last 800,000 years from a common founder population. ^[8]