Decadal trends and common dynamics of the bio-optical and thermal characteristics of the African Great Lakes.

The Great Lakes of East Africa are among the world's most important freshwater ecosystems. Despite their importance in providing vital resources and ecosystem services, the impact of regional and global environmental drivers on this lacustrine system remains only partially understood. We make a...

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Autores principales:	Steven Loiselle, Andrés Cózar, Enyew Adgo, Thomas Ballatore, Geoffrey Chavula, Jean Pierre Descy, David M Harper, Frank Kansiime, Ismael Kimirei, Victor Langenberg, Ronghua Ma, Hugo Sarmento, Eric Odada
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:285dd4cc23ee41e7945f2426edfeb2a92021-11-18T08:25:03ZDecadal trends and common dynamics of the bio-optical and thermal characteristics of the African Great Lakes.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0093656https://doaj.org/article/285dd4cc23ee41e7945f2426edfeb2a92014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24699528/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203The Great Lakes of East Africa are among the world's most important freshwater ecosystems. Despite their importance in providing vital resources and ecosystem services, the impact of regional and global environmental drivers on this lacustrine system remains only partially understood. We make a systematic comparison of the dynamics of the bio-optical and thermal properties of thirteen of the largest African lakes between 2002 and 2011. Lake surface temperatures had a positive trend in all Great Lakes outside the latitude of 0° to 8° south, while the dynamics of those lakes within this latitude range were highly sensitive to global inter-annual climate drivers (i.e. El Niño Southern Oscillation). Lake surface temperature dynamics in nearly all lakes were found to be sensitive to the latitudinal position of the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone. Phytoplankton dynamics varied considerably between lakes, with increasing and decreasing trends. Intra-lake differences in both surface temperature and phytoplankton dynamics occurred for many of the larger lakes. This inter-comparison of bio-optical and thermal dynamics provides new insights into the response of these ecosystems to global and regional drivers.Steven LoiselleAndrés CózarEnyew AdgoThomas BallatoreGeoffrey ChavulaJean Pierre DescyDavid M HarperFrank KansiimeIsmael KimireiVictor LangenbergRonghua MaHugo SarmentoEric OdadaPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 4, p e93656 (2014)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Steven Loiselle Andrés Cózar Enyew Adgo Thomas Ballatore Geoffrey Chavula Jean Pierre Descy David M Harper Frank Kansiime Ismael Kimirei Victor Langenberg Ronghua Ma Hugo Sarmento Eric Odada Decadal trends and common dynamics of the bio-optical and thermal characteristics of the African Great Lakes.
description	The Great Lakes of East Africa are among the world's most important freshwater ecosystems. Despite their importance in providing vital resources and ecosystem services, the impact of regional and global environmental drivers on this lacustrine system remains only partially understood. We make a systematic comparison of the dynamics of the bio-optical and thermal properties of thirteen of the largest African lakes between 2002 and 2011. Lake surface temperatures had a positive trend in all Great Lakes outside the latitude of 0° to 8° south, while the dynamics of those lakes within this latitude range were highly sensitive to global inter-annual climate drivers (i.e. El Niño Southern Oscillation). Lake surface temperature dynamics in nearly all lakes were found to be sensitive to the latitudinal position of the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone. Phytoplankton dynamics varied considerably between lakes, with increasing and decreasing trends. Intra-lake differences in both surface temperature and phytoplankton dynamics occurred for many of the larger lakes. This inter-comparison of bio-optical and thermal dynamics provides new insights into the response of these ecosystems to global and regional drivers.
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author	Steven Loiselle Andrés Cózar Enyew Adgo Thomas Ballatore Geoffrey Chavula Jean Pierre Descy David M Harper Frank Kansiime Ismael Kimirei Victor Langenberg Ronghua Ma Hugo Sarmento Eric Odada
author_facet	Steven Loiselle Andrés Cózar Enyew Adgo Thomas Ballatore Geoffrey Chavula Jean Pierre Descy David M Harper Frank Kansiime Ismael Kimirei Victor Langenberg Ronghua Ma Hugo Sarmento Eric Odada
author_sort	Steven Loiselle
title	Decadal trends and common dynamics of the bio-optical and thermal characteristics of the African Great Lakes.
title_short	Decadal trends and common dynamics of the bio-optical and thermal characteristics of the African Great Lakes.
title_full	Decadal trends and common dynamics of the bio-optical and thermal characteristics of the African Great Lakes.
title_fullStr	Decadal trends and common dynamics of the bio-optical and thermal characteristics of the African Great Lakes.
title_full_unstemmed	Decadal trends and common dynamics of the bio-optical and thermal characteristics of the African Great Lakes.
title_sort	decadal trends and common dynamics of the bio-optical and thermal characteristics of the african great lakes.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/285dd4cc23ee41e7945f2426edfeb2a9
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Decadal trends and common dynamics of the bio-optical and thermal characteristics of the African Great Lakes.

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