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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4953-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4953-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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19 Aug 2015
Research article |
| 19 Aug 2015
Biogeochemistry of a large and deep tropical lake (Lake Kivu, East Africa: insights from a stable isotope study covering an annual cycle
C. Morana
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
F. Darchambeau
Chemical Oceanography Unit, Université de Liège, Liege, Belgium
F. A. E. Roland
Chemical Oceanography Unit, Université de Liège, Liege, Belgium
A. V. Borges
Chemical Oceanography Unit, Université de Liège, Liege, Belgium
F. Muvundja
Research Unit in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Université de Namur, Namur, Belgium
Unité d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Hydrobiologie Appliquée, ISP-Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Z. Kelemen
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
P. Masilya
Unité d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Hydrobiologie Appliquée, ISP-Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
J.-P. Descy
Research Unit in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Université de Namur, Namur, Belgium
S. Bouillon
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Dynamic changes, cycling and downward fate of dissolved carbon and nitrogen photosynthetically-derived from glaciers in upper Indus river basin M. Bhat et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.120117
- Stratification and mixing dynamics in tropical polymictic Lake Batur, Indonesia A. Santoso et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/20442041.2025.2598457
- Ammonium “nutrient capacitor” model for δ15N signatures associated with marine anoxic events B. Uveges & A. Pearson https://doi.org/10.1130/G51527.1
- Wildfire records in Late Permian lacustrine deposits (Gohan Formation, Korea): Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstruction Y. Lee et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.123086
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- Geochemical, sedimentological and microbial diversity in two thermokarst lakes of far Eastern Siberia O. Meisel et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-023-01076-1
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- Dynamic modelling provides new insights into development and maintenance of Lake Kivu's density stratification F. Bärenbold et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105251
- Estimating the effect of rainfall on the surface temperature of a tropical lake G. Rooney et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6357-2018
- Isotopic signatures induced by upwelling reveal regional fish stocks in Lake Tanganyika B. Ehrenfels et al. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281828
- The sedimentary response to a rapid change in lake level in Lake Tanganyika J. McManus et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.09.035
- Biogeochemical functioning of Lake Alaotra (Madagascar): a reset of aquatic carbon sources along the land–ocean aquatic continuum V. Razanamahandry et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-2403-2025
- Diversity and ecology of phytoplankton in Lake Edward (East Africa): Present status and long-term changes M. Stoyneva-Gärtner et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2020.01.003
- Temperature Dependence of Methane Oxidation in Lakes: Global Trends and High-Temperature Inhibition in the Tropics A. Pookkattu et al. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.5c01159
- Food Web Structure and Trophic Dynamics of a Fish Community in an Ephemeral Floodplain Lake R. Peel et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00192
- Porewater δ13CDOC indicates variable extent of degradation in different talik layers of coastal Alaskan thermokarst lakes O. Meisel et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2241-2021
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