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Population collapse in viviparid gastropods of the Lake Victoria ecoregion started before the Last Glacial Maximum.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2021
Van Bocxlaer Bert, Clewing Catharina, Duputié Anne, Roux Camille, Albrecht Christian
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Ecosystems of Lake Victoria and riparian communities have been strongly disrupted by the introduction of the invasive Nile perch and its fishing industry. Beyond this invasion and other recent anthropogenic stressors, the Lake Victoria ecoregion also underwent phases of pronounced aridity over the Late Pleistocene, lastly during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). The consequences of recent and historic environmental...
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