title: Ecological consequences of a century of warming in Lake Tanganyika.
abstract: Deep tropical lakes are excellent climate monitors because annual mixing is shallow and flushing rates are low, allowing heat to accumulate during climatic warming. We describe effects of warming on Lake Tanganyika: A sharpened density gradient has slowed vertical mixing and reduced primary production. Increased warming rates during the coming century may continue to slow mixing and further reduce productivity in Lake Tanganyika and other deep tropical lakes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada. pverburg@scimail.uwaterloo.ca
authors.forename: Piet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Verburg
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Hecky
authors.forename: Hedy
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kling
mesh_terms: D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000818:Animals; D018533:Biomass; D017753:Ecosystem; D004777:Environment; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000737:chemistry; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D008027:Light; D008974:Mollusca / Q000502:physiology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000032:analysis; D010839:Phytoplankton / Q000502:physiology; D012621:Seasons; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000032:analysis; D013457:Sulfur Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014329:Tropical Climate
chemical_list: D013457:Sulfur Compounds; D010758:Phosphorus; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen