Prioritizing conservation in sub-Saharan African lakes based on freshwater biodiversity and algal bloom metrics.

ABSTRACT: As agricultural land use and climate change continue to pose increasing threats to biodiversity in sub-Saharan Africa, efforts are being made to identify areas where trade-offs between future agricultural development and terrestrial biodiversity conservation are expected to be greatest. However, little research so far has focused on freshwater biodiversity conservation in the context of agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to identify lakes and lake areas where freshwater biodiversity is most likely to be affected by eutrophication and Harmful Algal Blooms (i.e., when algae multiply to the extent that they have toxic effects on people and freshwater fauna), some of the most important emerging threats to freshwater ecosystems worldwide, especially with the onset of clima

SUBMITTER: Danaher C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9796571 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature