Linking watershed disturbance with nearshore sedimentation and the shell beds of Lake Tanganyika (Mahale Mountains, Tanzania)
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2018 at "Environmental Earth Sciences"
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-018-7644-7
Abstract: Extensive deposits of shell-rich sediments in the nearshore environment of Lake Tanganyika, Africa, form a unique habitat for a diverse group of endemic gastropods, crustaceans, fish and sponges, among other organisms. Anthropogenic alteration of the… read more here.
Keywords: shell beds; lake tanganyika; watershed disturbance; shell ... See more keywords
Morphological and molecular characterization of twenty-five new Diploneis species (Bacillariophyta) from Lake Tanganyika and its surrounding areas
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2023 at "Phytotaxa"
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.593.1.1
Abstract: Lake Tanganyika, the second oldest lake in the world, is home to some of the largest and most phenotypically, genetically, and ecologically diverse freshwater assemblages. While the evolutionary processes responsible for generating its extraordinary richness… read more here.
Keywords: tanganyika surrounding; diploneis; twenty five; diploneis species ... See more keywords
New haplochromine cichlid from the upper Miocene (9–10 MYA) of Central Kenya
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2020 at "BMC Evolutionary Biology"
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-020-01602-x
Abstract: Background The diversification process known as the Lake Tanganyika Radiation has given rise to the most speciose clade of African cichlids. Almost all cichlid species found in the lakes Tanganyika, Malawi and Victoria, comprising a… read more here.
Keywords: upper miocene; haplochromine cichlid; lake tanganyika; central kenya ... See more keywords
Monogeneans from Catfishes in Lake Tanganyika. II: New Infection Site, New Record, and Additional Details on the Morphology of the Male Copulatory Organ of Gyrodactylus transvaalensis Prudhoe and Hussey, 1977
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2023 at "Pathogens"
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12020200
Abstract: The ichthyofauna of Lake Tanganyika consists of 12 families of fish of which five belong to Siluriformes (catfishes). Studies on Siluriformes and their parasites in this lake are very fragmentary. The present study was carried… read more here.
Keywords: gyrodactylus transvaalensis; copulatory organ; lake tanganyika; male copulatory ... See more keywords