Effects of land-use change on aquatic biodiversity: A view from the paleorecord at Lake Tanganyika, East Africa

Simone R. Alin; Catherine M. O'Reilly; Andrew S. Cohen; David L. Dettman; Manuel R. Palacios-Fest; Brent A. McKee

doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1143:EOLUCO>2.0.CO;2

Effects of land-use change on aquatic biodiversity: A view from the paleorecord at Lake Tanganyika, East Africa

Simone R. Alin, Catherine M. O'Reilly, Andrew S. Cohen, David L. Dettman, Manuel R. Palacios-Fest, Brent A. McKee

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Population growth and watershed deforestation in northwestern Tanzania threaten the biodiversity of Lake Tanganyika through erosion and habitat degradation. We used cores collected offshore from Gombe Stream National Park and a deforested watershed to reconstruct how land-use changes in the Gombe Stream area since A.D. 1750 have affected lake biodiversity. Paleoenvironmental and paleoecological data reveal substantial changes in mass accumulation rates for sediment and organic matter, nitrogen stable isotope values, and benthic species composition offshore from the deforested watershed since 1880. Comparable changes were not observed offshore from the park.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1143-1146
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geology
Volume	30
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1143:EOLUCO>2.0.CO;2
State	Published - Dec 2002

Keywords

Biodiversity
Lake Tanganyika
Land use
Paleoecology
Sedimentation rates
Stable isotopes

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Geology

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